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@mdaines-r7 (@defndaines) Can you check this PR out? I'd like to get it merged for some automated tests I'm working on right now.
Just saw this comment come through, so I'll pile on. :) In Ruby, you rarely see folks using the prepended underscore to indicate private methods, since you can enforce method hiding with the `private` keyword. You are forbidden from calling private methods outside of the class in which they are declared, which could be the cause of the issues you're seeing.