[ruby-core:30638] [Bug #3406] attr_accessor creates a private writer method

Bug #3406: attr_accessor creates a private writer method
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3406

Author: Joel VanderWerf
Status: Open, Priority: Normal
Category: core, Target version: 1.9.2
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2dev (2010-05-31) [x86_64-linux]

(Also, there is a warning that may be incorrect.)

$ cat t.rb
module M
  private
  def attr_accessor(*args); super; end
end

class C
  extend M
  attr_accessor :x
end

C.new.x = 1

$ ruby19 -v t.rb
ruby 1.9.2dev (2010-05-31) [x86_64-linux]
t.rb:3: warning: private attribute?
t.rb:11:in `<main>': private method `x=' called for #<C:0x000000012e5670> (NoMethodError)


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