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| author | John Hawthorn <john@hawthorn.email> | 2022-03-11 19:21:50 -0800 |
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| committer | John Hawthorn <john@hawthorn.email> | 2022-06-23 13:50:26 -0700 |
| commit | 962a3247b1b76770930200bcce7470a54dfb25c9 (patch) | |
| tree | 5f84126dd0cd1a78b6c9b9da45f91be6ffa3e10d /doc | |
| parent | b180ffa62270dc32bb69167822b4c698def5c8f7 (diff) | |
Correct documentation for protected methods [ci skip]
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc b/doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc index 6122f6e08e..9c83a319b9 100644 --- a/doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc +++ b/doc/syntax/modules_and_classes.rdoc @@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ Ruby has three types of visibility. The default is +public+. A public method may be called from any other object. The second visibility is +protected+. When calling a protected method the -sender must be a subclass of the receiver or the receiver must be a subclass of -the sender. Otherwise a NoMethodError will be raised. +receiver must inherit the Class or Module which defines the method. Otherwise a +NoMethodError will be raised. Protected visibility is most frequently used to define <code>==</code> and other comparison methods where the author does not wish to expose an object's |