From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2010-08-23T07:03:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Module and protected/private functions

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Fritz Trapper <ajfrenzel@web.de> wrote:
> Is it possible to declare parts of a module as private or protected to
> import these properties via mixin into classes?
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>
as a matter of fact it is,

>> module M
>>   def a; end
>>   protected
>>   def aa; end
>>   private
>>   def aaa; end
>>   end
=> nil
>> include M
=> Object
>> private_methods.grep /\Aa/
=> [:aaa, :at_exit, :abort, :autoload, :autoload?]
>> protected_methods.grep /\Aa/
=> [:aa]
>> methods.grep /\Aa/
=> [:a, :aa]
>>

HTH
Robert


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