From: Paul Brannan <paul@...>
Date: 2002-01-29T00:22:38+09:00
Subject: Re: "friend" alternative in Ruby?

On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 09:52:59AM +0900, Minero Aoki wrote:
> You can use Object#__send__ to call private methods.

Should I be able to do this, though?  There are some valid uses of
send() where I would not want to be able to call private methods.

Is it a good idea to rely on a "feature" that is not documented?  (I
have been unable to find anywhere that mentions that send() is supposed
to be able to call private methods).

Paul