From: Chris Pine <nemo@...>
Date: 2003-05-13T01:34:06+09:00
Subject: Overriding methods changes visibility?

Is this right?  I wouldn't expect the visibility to change unless I
specified that it should.


  irb(main):001:0> class Foo; def foo; end; private :foo; end
  => Foo
  irb(main):002:0> class Bar < Foo; def foo; end; end
  => nil
  irb(main):003:0> Foo.new.foo
  NoMethodError: private method `foo' called for #<Foo:0x400cef7c>
          from (irb):3
  irb(main):004:0> Bar.new.foo
  => nil


Is there a way to say "this method is private, and if you override it, it's
still private"?


Chris