Hi -- On Sun, 19 Jul 2009, Ease Bus wrote:
> Hi, > > I would like to rename the setter of "attribute_A" with the following: > > def set_attribute_A(val) > self.attribute_A = val > end > > private > > def attribute_A=(val) > super > end > > But then I get "NoMethodError: Attempt to call private method" I thought > that a private method is > accessible from within the same instance. There's not quite enough information in the code you've got here to see what's going on. Do you have a superclass with a definition for the attribute_A= method? (I'm trying to figure out why you're calling super.) David -- David A. Black / Ruby Power and Light, LLC Ruby/Rails consulting & training: http://www.rubypal.com Now available: The Well-Grounded Rubyist (http://manning.com/black2) Training! Intro to Ruby, with Black & Kastner, September 14-17 (More info: http://rubyurl.com/vmzN) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
