From: "mame (Yusuke Endoh)" <mame@...>
Date: 2012-05-21T20:34:13+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:45166] [ruby-trunk - Feature #6470][Assigned] Make attr_accessor return the list of generated method


Issue #6470 has been updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh).

Status changed from Open to Assigned
Assignee set to matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

This duplicates #6198.

BTW, why don't you use instance variables directly?  That is:

class Something
  def initialize(user, action)
    @user   = user
    @action = action
  end

  def public_method
    @user.do_something(@action)
  end
end

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Yusuke Endoh <mame@tsg.ne.jp>
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Feature #6470: Make attr_accessor return the list of generated method
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6470#change-26742

Author: rupert (Robert Pankowecki)
Status: Assigned
Priority: Normal
Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Category: 
Target version: 


attr_accesor currently returns nil. It would be more helpful if it return list of generated methods so that it can become an argument to other methods like :private or :protected. That way private accessors can still be defined at top of the class and be private without changing the visibility of next methods. 

class Something
  private *attr_accessor :user, :action # IMHO This is nice
  # private attr_accessor :user, :action # <-- would be even better if :private method accepted arrays

  def initialize(user, action)
    self.user   = user
    self.action = action
  end

  def public_method
    user.do_something(action)
  end
end


VS


class Something
  private; attr_accessor :user, :action; public # IMHO Hack!!

  def initialize(user, action)
    self.user   = user
    self.action = action
  end

  def public_method
    user.do_something(action)
  end
end


VS


class Something
  def initialize(user, action)
    self.user   = user
    self.action = action
  end

  def public_method
    user.do_something(action)
  end

  private
  attr_accessor :user, :action # IMHO Does not look nice at bottom of the class definition
end


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