From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2005-07-13T01:55:05+09:00
Subject: Re: adding attributes (attr_*-style) to single objects

David A. Black wrote:
...
>   class C
>     add_attr_accessor(:x)
      attr_accessor(:x)
>   end

The method names are too close. I would have guessed these did the same
thing.

I like the idea, but why not just make #attr_accessor public, so you can
write:

  self.attr_accessor :x

and make it clear that you are not adding an instance method.