Calling protected class method from instance method in Ruby

Question

I\'ve been having this bothering recurring theme; let\'s just say, I have a class which defines an instance method and a protected class method. The instance method must call th

Answer 1

"The class method should be used inside the class scope, therefore should remain visible and callable within it, right?" Yes, that's correct, and that's the behavior Ruby exhibits. (As a point of clarification, instance scope is not "within" class scope. They are, appropriately, separate.)

The non-send solution is to subclass or reopen the class to add a public class method to access the protected class method.