Understanding Ruby class vs instance methods
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I have the following code:
#!/usr/bin/ruby
class Person
def self.speak
p = self.new
puts "Hello"
p.chatter
end
private
def chatter
puts "Chattering"
end
end
p = Person.new
Person.speak
I'd like to make chatter private, accessible only within p.. but I want p to be able to access it within the class method. Is there a better way to design this so chatter isn't available to the public, but a "factory" method like self.speak can call chatter?
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