From: cary@... Date: 2018-10-23T20:09:04+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:89540] [Ruby trunk Misc#15249] Documentation for attr_accessor and attr_reader should be corrected Issue #15249 has been reported by CaryInVictoria (Cary Swoveland). ---------------------------------------- Misc #15249: Documentation for attr_accessor and attr_reader should be corrected https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15249 * Author: CaryInVictoria (Cary Swoveland) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: ---------------------------------------- The documentation for [Module#attr_accessor](http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.5.1/Module.html#method-i-attr_accessor) (v2.5.1) begins, "Defines a named attribute for this module, where the name is symbol.id2name, creating an instance variable (@name) and...". Similarly, the documentation for [Module#attr_reader](http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.5.1/Module.html#method-i-attr_reader) states, "Creates instance variables and...". These statements do not appear to be correct: class C attr_accessor :dog attr_reader :cat end C.new.instance_variables #=> [] -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: