From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2008-11-27T02:40:52+09:00
Subject: Re: attr_reader, default attribute value, and rdoc of attribute

dkmd_nielsen wrote:
> What I want to do is create an attribute, allow it to have a default
> value, and have the attribute documented as such (and not as a method)
> with rdoc.  So, would the proper syntax for accomplishing this
> elementary feat be:

Something else to consider, along with the other suggestions, is the -A 
switch in rdoc:

--accessor, -A accessorname[,..]
       comma separated list of additional class methods
       that should be treated like 'attr_reader' and
       friends. Option may be repeated. Each accessorname
       may have '=text' appended, in which case that text
       appears where the r/w/rw appears for normal accessors.

So you could define a class method just to let rdoc know that your 
method should be documented as an attribute. The actual implementation 
of the method can be anything.

You class method could also arrange the default value....

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