Issue #20342 has been updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada). https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/10271 I'm not sure these methods should print the warning too. ---------------------------------------- Bug #20342: Top level `public`, `private` and `ruby2_keywords` do not work in wrapped load https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20342#change-107289 * Author: nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) * Status: Open * Backport: 3.0: REQUIRED, 3.1: REQUIRED, 3.2: REQUIRED, 3.3: REQUIRED ---------------------------------------- With this file: ```ruby # load.rb public def f = :ok ``` It is OK when `require`d. ```sh-session $ ruby -r ./load.rb -e 'p f' :ok ``` Simple `load` is OK too. ```sh-session $ ruby -e 'load ARGV[0]; p f' load.rb :ok ``` Wrapped `load` fails. ```sh-session $ ruby -e 'load ARGV[0], true' load.rb load.rb:1:in 'public': undefined method 'f' for class 'Object' (NameError) public def f = :ok ^^^^^^ from load.rb:1:in '<top (required)>' from -e:1:in 'Kernel#load' from -e:1:in '<main>' ``` -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/