From: Lyle Johnson <jlj@...>
Date: 2002-05-31T04:24:57+09:00
Subject: Re: How to Create Protected Methods in C Extension?

> I am writing a Ruby extension is C.  Is there any way to make a method
> protected or private (from the Ruby side, of course, not from the C
> side, since it is not C++)?  I scanned through "ruby.h" and found only
> "rb_define_method" which seems to make all the methods public.  Thanks.

It's hiding in "intern.h" and not in "ruby.h":

    void rb_define_protected_method(VALUE klass,
        const char *methodname,
        VALUE (*func)(...),
        int nargs);


    void rb_define_private_method(VALUE klass,
        const char *methodname,
        VALUE (*func)(...),
        int nargs);

Hope this helps,

Lyle