From: Yossef Mendelssohn <ymendel@...>
Date: 2008-11-06T12:19:02+09:00
Subject: Re: method names-how to indicate get vs set type of method?

On Nov 5, 9:07 pm, "Greg Hauptmann" <greg.hauptmann.r...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> What is the naming convention for method names to clarify whether its
> a get or set type of method?

Ruby methods can end in =, so that's a good choice.

  class Square
    def height
      @height
    end

    def height=(val)
      @height = val
    end
  end

Note that you can do the same in a much easier way.

  class Square
    attr_accessor :height
  end

--
-yossef