From: Mark Slagell <ms@...>
Date: 2000-09-01T22:42:16+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:4728] Re: Two observations

Then it's an access control issue, not an inheritance issue: "private" doesn't mean
what I expect.

ts wrote:

> >>>>> "M" == Mark Slagell <ms@iastate.edu> writes:
>
> M> Curiouser and curiouser. why does "bar" by itself work here? - it must not be
> M> synonymous with "self.bar" as I thought.
>
>  because it's a method of Object
>
>  ruby first search in the class Array, then in the parents classes.
>
> Guy Decoux