From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2003-07-06T05:58:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Test order in Test::Unit

On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 02:05:57AM +0900, Nathaniel Talbott wrote:
> > - Does Test::Unit have any method to test private methods?
> 
> Have you tried using Object#send? It completely bypasses all access
> protection.

instance_eval is also extremely useful; it lets you get at instance
variables without accessors, as well as private methods.

class Foo
private
  def foo
    puts "Got it"
  end
end

a = Foo.new
a.foo                   #=> NameError: private method `foo' called
a.instance_eval { foo } #=> "Got it"