Editing class public section in ABAP editor

Hi!
Protected and private sections of dictionary classes' definition can be edited directly in ABAP editor by using "GoTo->Protected section", for instance. However, public section is display-only, probably for security reasons. Is there a trick to bypass this and edit public section directly? I tried SE38, but clever bastard just redirects me to class builder.
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Igor Barbaric

Klaus!
I succesfully uploaded your code. I also succesfully started it after a minor correction (it dumped because table of line type STRING cannot accept the result of READ REPORT command). I created the status command MY_EDIT and navigated to the object. However, it was the same as if I went there in standard way. It didn't make public section editable.
By the way, what is exactly the purpose of your program?
Thanks for a try anyway.
Kind regards,
Igor Barbaric

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