Object 中send方法

对于send方法，ruby doc中如下描述

obj.send(symbol [, args...]) => obj
obj.__send__(symbol [, args...]) => obj

Invokes the method identified by symbol , passing it any arguments specified. You can use __send__ if the name send clashes with an existing method in obj .

   class Klass

     def hello(*args)

       "Hello " + args.join(' ')

     end

   end

   k = Klass.new

   k.send :hello, "gentle", "readers"   #=> "Hello gentle readers"





但对于如下代码，利用send可以调用private方法。

class MyClass

    private

    def say_hello(name)

        puts "Let's go back to my place, #{name}."

    end

end



my_object = MyClass.new

my_object.send :say_hello, "world"

#Let's go back to my place, world.

Now, honestly, this strikes me as odd. Conceptually, I don't see why send should function differently from an ordinary method call with respect to access control.

The rubydoc for send says nothing of this, and there is some debate on the mailinglist as to whether Ruby 1.9's send will maintain this behavior.

But for now this can be very useful if you disagree with a class designer's method access choices.