ruby - Scope of private, protected, and public -

within ruby class definition, scopes of private keyword in following scenarios:

class foo    def bar_public     puts "public"   end  private   def bar_private     puts "private"   end    def bar_public_2     puts "another public"   end  end 

does private act on bar_private? or on bar_public_2 well?

in case both bar_private , bar_public_2 private.

that because both methods "within scope" of private keyword.

> f = foo.new #<foo:0xf1c770> > foo.new.bar_private nomethoderror: private method 'bar_private' called #<foo:0xf1c770> > foo.new.bar_public_2 nomethoderror: private method 'bar_public_2' called #<foo:0xf1c770> 

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