Nobody at #rubyconf cops to using protected methods, but grepping through the rails codebase:pic.twitter.com/AwimhuZ19H
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I always make attr_readers protected because it used to warn and even when it doesn't I probably want to use them in ==
I don't think I've used protected in 10 years. Private or public for me.
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