Bug #13249
Updated by abotalov (Andrei Botalov) over 7 years ago
Simple example: ~~~ ruby class C def self.foo private def bar end end end C.foo C.new.bar ~~~ This code runs fine on Ruby 2.3 and Ruby 2.4. It raises NoMethodError on Ruby 2.2 and prior versions. I would expect an error to be raised. Here is some code that actually uses private access modifier inside a class method - https://github.com/evolve75/RubyTree/blob/db48c35b0a3b96e4da473b095cc00e454d8a9996/lib/tree/utils/camel_case_method_handler.rb#L60 By the way, this code raises an error as expected on Ruby 2.3 and Ruby 2.4: ~~~ ruby class C def self.foo private def bar end end end C.foo C.new.bar ~~~