From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@...>
Date: 2003-12-17T01:35:03+09:00
Subject: Re: UnboundMethods Useless?

On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 12:19:05AM +0900, ts wrote:
> >>>>> "P" == Paul Brannan <pbrannan@atdesk.com> writes:
> 
>  Try this
>   
> P>   base_foo    = Base.instance_method(:foo)
> P>   Derived.__send__(:define_method, :foo, base_foo)
> 
>    class A
>       base_foo    = Base.instance_method(:foo)
>       Derived.__send__(:define_method, :foo, base_foo)
>    end
> 
> P>   Derived.new.foo()
> 
>  now it must work

By this I'm guessing you mean that I don't have to explictly make foo
public.  Is this because all methods defined at the top level are
private by default, even if they are defined with
__send__(:define_method)?

Paul