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Correct documentation for protected methods [ci skip]

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John Hawthorn 2022-03-11 19:21:50 -08:00
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@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ Ruby has three types of visibility. The default is +public+. A public method
may be called from any other object.
The second visibility is +protected+. When calling a protected method the
sender must be a subclass of the receiver or the receiver must be a subclass of
the sender. Otherwise a NoMethodError will be raised.
receiver must inherit the Class or Module which defines the method. Otherwise a
NoMethodError will be raised.
Protected visibility is most frequently used to define <code>==</code> and
other comparison methods where the author does not wish to expose an object's