Consider this class:
class Foo
private
def test
puts "Hello"
end
end
While you can say create a block to call that method (using ampersand and colon) on Ruby 1.8, ...
1.8.7 > Foo.new.tap(&:test)
Hello
=> #<Foo:0x1e253c8>
... you cannot do that on Ruby 1.9 or 2.0:
1.9.3 > Foo.new.tap(&:test)
NoMethodError: private method `test' called for #<Foo:0x00000001e8c258>
^
2.0.0 > Foo.new.tap(&:test)
NoMethodError: private method `test' called for #Foo:0x000000027bc738
The method is private after all, so there is not really a reason to call it from the outside in most cases. :)
Posted by Arne Hartherz to makandra dev (2013-03-15 13:03)