From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2005-07-13T02:01:09+09:00
Subject: Re: adding attributes (attr_*-style) to single objects

Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> 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.


Duh. That suggestion made no sense.

Maybe something like

  my_attr_accessor :x

to add an accessor to the current self, rather than to instances of the
current self.