method_missing gotchas in Ruby

Question

Are there any things to be careful about when defining the method_missing method in Ruby? I\'m wondering whether there are some not-so-obvious interactions fro

Answer 1

Another gotcha:

method_missing behaves differently between obj.call_method and obj.send(:call_method). Essentially the former one miss all private and non-defined methods, while later one doesn't miss private methods.

So you method_missing will never trap the call when someone calling your private method via send.