I'm working through a Rails tutorial and saw the following code: class UsersController < ApplicationController before_filter :authenticate, :only => [:edit, :update] before_filter :correct_user, :only => [:edit, :update]
. . . private def authenticate deny_access unless signed_in? end def correct_user @user = User.find(params[:id]) redirect_to(root_path) unless current_user?(@user) end Why are authenticate and correct_user private methods? Would it be harmful if they were made public? What would be the consequences? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
