From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2009-06-18T01:23:36+09:00
Subject: Re: private method - Fixnum (NoMethodError)

Hi,

In message "Re: private method - Fixnum (NoMethodError)"
    on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:13:56 +0900, salai <sayakyi@gmail.com> writes:

|I can't find the error in my code. Can you explain me "private method
|-  Fixnum (NoMethodError)"?

The actual error message is:

  s.rb:8: private method `subtotal' called for 11:Fixnum (NoMethodError)

and it means visibility of a method defined at the top level is
private.  If you want to call subtotal in method form, you have to do
either

  * declare subtotal as public explicitly, using public :subtotal
  * or, re-open Fixnum and define subtotal in class definition

							matz.