From: Intransition <transfire@...>
Date: 2010-04-07T01:21:16+09:00
Subject: Re: public/private/protected instead of def

I should point out why this even crossed my mind. I have a piece of
code like so:

  class C < Module
    def initialize(&block)
      instance_eval(&block)
    end
  end

Within it the normal public/private/protected do not work.

  M = C.new do
    private
    define_method(:x){ "x" }
  end

  class X
    include M
  end

  X.new.x  #=> "x" (instead of an error)

So it occurred to to make public/private/protected helper methods in
this context, which led me to the larger thought.