[ruby-core:126079] [Ruby Misc#22192] Clarify the scope of default visibility changed inside a block

13 Jul 2026

      Issue #22192 has been updated by shugo (Shugo Maeda).

Status changed from Assigned to Closed

Eregon (Benoit Daloze) wrote in #note-3:
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TruffleRuby also behaves like CRuby here.
My understanding is method visibility is some state that only exists in methods and not in blocks (same as `$~`, etc).
There should already be some ruby/spec for that.
Thank you, I've found the following spec in spec/ruby/core/module/shared/set_visibility.rb:

```ruby
  it "sets the visibility outside the closure" do
    visibility = @method
    mod = Module.new {
      1.times {
        send visibility
      }
      def test1() end
    }
    mod.send(:"#{@method}_instance_methods", false).should.include?(:test1)
  end
```

JRuby is aware of the incompatibility: it tags this spec as failing for Module#private and Module#protected.
So' I'm closing this issue.

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Misc #22192: Clarify the scope of default visibility changed inside a block
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/22192#change-118080

* Author: shugo (Shugo Maeda)
* Status: Closed
* Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
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`private` etc. called with no arguments inside a block changes the default visibility of the enclosing lexical scope, and the change survives the block:

```ruby
class C
  %i[foo bar].each do |name|
    private
    define_method(name) { }
  end
  def afterwards; end   # also private
end
C.private_method_defined?(:foo)        #=> true
C.private_method_defined?(:afterwards) #=> true
```

When multiple Procs share the same lexical scope, `private` in a Proc affects all Procs:

```ruby
class Host
  SET_PRIVATE = proc { private }
  DEFINE      = proc { def probe; end }
end
Host::SET_PRIVATE.call
Host::DEFINE.call
Host.private_method_defined?(:probe)   #=> true
```

Neither CRuby nor ruby/spec has corresponding tests. I assume this is intentional, but am I correct?
It seems that the visibility change is effective only within the block on JRuby, so I'd like to clarify this.

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