From: "Thomas B." <tpreal@...>
Date: 2008-10-16T00:26:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Lame question about instance variable and attribute

dkmd_nielsen wrote:
> When would it be proper to use the self. reference?

I think never. The exception is when the setter or getter is nontrivial 
(not defined by attr_reader and others), but with attr_accessors there's 
no use calling the setters and getters from within the same class, 
accessing the variables directly is better.

TPR.
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