No less than 15 Ruby stdlib classes use protected methods. I don't buy all the protected hate. It's extremely (but rarely) useful.
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Well it didn't seem obvious to some prominent Rubyists (https://youtu.be/Ohs2hZBzif8?t=35m16s … & saw same after on Twitter from others I respect)
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yeah I know. Too bad.
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Sometimes you just have to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and wait. Still surprising/sad to see in the meantime.
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people hate protected for the same reason they like microlibraries. It "seems unnecessary"
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but people underestimate the value of small amounts of enforced coordination.
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I take that to mean it's good to reduce the dangers presented by connascent code. And now I'm missing Jim Weirich.
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I guess the word "complect" won, and dragged along an entire religion about programming that never gives up.
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whatever the problem you can always bet FP people will show up and offer silver bullets.
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