From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2007-12-14T20:36:19+09:00
Subject: Re: attr_accessor for question methods (?)

Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Perhaps an additional method would be the way to do it?
> 
> question_accessor
> predicate_accessor
> pred_accessor
> boolean_accessor
> bool_accessor

-1

No, because then you'll need yet another accessor method for bang 
methods, too.

Dan