From: "Mauricio Fernández" <batsman.geo@...>
Date: 2003-05-20T01:23:39+09:00
Subject: Re: public/protected/private syntax

On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 01:04:36AM +0900, Robert Klemme wrote:
> And even (Java style):
> 
>   class Foo
>     public def meth1 ...
>     public def meth2 ...
>     private def meth3 ...
>     private def meth4 ...
>     protected def meth5 ...
>     protected def meth6 ...
>   end
> 
> :-)

???

>> class Foo
>> private def meth1
>> end
>> end
SyntaxError: compile error
(irb):3: void value expression
        from (irb):4

irb's output matches my expectations :)

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