View.pick_helper, ph.all_picked and X-ray mode

[siaNYC]

Hi all,

Let us assume that the camera's eye is inside of a cube and all faces of the cube are
transparent (alpha = 0.5) , so we can see the outside and we have cpoints, edges, and faces
outside of the cube.
I am wondering if there is a way to get the list of entities outside of the cube using
view.pick_helper and ph.all_picked without turning the X-ray mode on.
When the X-ray mode is off, i only get back the face of the cube. When the X-ray
mode is on i get back a list of objects that are under the mouse. I would like to do this
in ruby without turning the X-ray mode on/off.

Thanks,
Sia