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Subject: Re: Object-Oriented Programming
From: Clifford Heath <no@ a p a . t
Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 12:15:29 +0900
References: 382559 382561 382563
In-reply-to: 382563

On 05/03/11 11:13, Adam Prescott wrote:
> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 1:45 AM, 7stud --<bbxx789_05ss / yahoo.com>  wrote:
>> Instance methods are private by default.  If you define an accessor
>> method, then they become public-like:
> I think you meant to say "instance variables", not "methods".

and instance variables are available to all subclasses, also
when the class is re-opened... so "protected", not private.