--0-424150215-11746575029834 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >Trans <transfire / gmail.com> wrote: >But if they've got to stay, please, at least consider renaming them >something like class_public and class_private. >Paul Stickney <pstickne / gmail.com> wrote: >matz, your example was so elegantly simple that I want to say you have >my vote to just drop the methods in question--at least from core. >There is plenty of Java to go around already. I totally agree. If the current two utility methods are to stay in the Ruby core, please : - add the missing one for protected visibility - change the naming of these methods for removing the confusion for the overall consistency. Otherwise, just remove the 2 existing methods. --------------------------------- Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. --0-424150215-11746575029834--