Comments on: Testing private class methods in Ruby http://thelucid.com/2008/12/01/testing-private-class-methods-in-ruby/ The Lightweight Ramblings of Jamie Hill Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jamie http://thelucid.com/2008/12/01/testing-private-class-methods-in-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-2374 Jamie Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:26:54 +0000 http://thelucid.com/?p=493#comment-2374 Aha, I see what you mean. Unfortunate method clash there :). Yes you could do that also. Aha, I see what you mean. Unfortunate method clash there :) . Yes you could do that also.

]]> By: Amos King http://thelucid.com/2008/12/01/testing-private-class-methods-in-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-2371 Amos King Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:42:39 +0000 http://thelucid.com/?p=493#comment-2371 I didn't mean private_class_method like the ruby method. Sorry. I meant a private class method. Maybe I should have put private_class_method_foo. Sorry for the confusion. I didn’t mean private_class_method like the ruby method. Sorry. I meant a private class method. Maybe I should have put private_class_method_foo. Sorry for the confusion.

]]> By: Jamie http://thelucid.com/2008/12/01/testing-private-class-methods-in-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-2369 Jamie Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:40:36 +0000 http://thelucid.com/?p=493#comment-2369 Amos, That doesn't work as private_class_method is used to make a method private, not call it. I wish it was that easy (maybe I'm missing something?). In any case I would rather wrap the functionality up in a single method of Class for cleanliness. Jamie Amos,

That doesn’t work as private_class_method is used to make a method private, not call it. I wish it was that easy (maybe I’m missing something?).

In any case I would rather wrap the functionality up in a single method of Class for cleanliness.

Jamie

]]> By: Amos King http://thelucid.com/2008/12/01/testing-private-class-methods-in-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-2364 Amos King Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:33:36 +0000 http://thelucid.com/?p=493#comment-2364 Why not just use class_eval to call the private methods? MyClass.class_eval { private_class_method } That will return whatever the method returns. Why not just use class_eval to call the private methods?

MyClass.class_eval { private_class_method }

That will return whatever the method returns.

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