From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2007-12-14T13:12:55+09:00
Subject: Re: attr_accessor for question methods (?)

Trans wrote:
> Like to make a small suggestion for 1.9. It would be great if we could
> do:
> 
>   attr_accessor :foo?
> 
> With the effect of:
> 
>   def foo?
>     @foo
>   end
> 
>   def foo=(x)
>     @foo=x
>   end
> 
> This is much nice then having to define one attribute plus a
> supplemental "?" method. attr_reader :foo? would work too, of course.
> While it would be rather meaningless for attr_writer, it could work in
> any case --really no need to raise an error.
> 
> A minor detail, but one that would be convenient to have.

I proposed this a while back and it got shot down for what were, IMO, 
very wrongheaded reasons. Maybe the 2nd time's the charm.

Regards,

Dan