From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2006-11-30T07:10:08+09:00
Subject: Re: `attr_accessor` and predicate/question mark methods.

Rob Sanheim wrote:

<snip>

> > This was a bug that was "fixed" in a 1.8.5.  In 1.8.5 trying to do
> > 'attr_accessor :weird?' raises a NameError.
> >
> > I had voted that doing 'attr_accessor :weird?' should create a "weird?"
> > and "weird=" method, but I was shot down by programmers who were more
> > interested in being correct than useful (am I bitter? nah).  See
> > ruby-core:5796 and following for more information.

<snip>

> Hmm, I just went through the thread on ruby-core, and I didn't see
> anyone really shoot you down.  There was some debate, but the last
> thing Matz said was "I'm not sure", so maybe its still an option?  Or
> was there a later thread that officially shot it down?

The current 1.8.5 behavior shows which direction Matz chose so, yes, I
was shot down (implicitly rather than explicitly - another cause for
annoyance, actually).  There may have been followup in ruby-devel, but
I don't follow that list (since it's mostly Japanese).  I doubt there's
any going back now, but you're certainly free to try.

Regards,

Dan