From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2009-02-26T01:59:57+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] rdoc 2.4.0 Released

On Feb 25, 2009, at 00:04, Joel VanderWerf wrote:

> Eric Hodel wrote:
>> * 9 Minor Enhancements
> ...
>>  * Removed support for --accessor, use regular documentation or
>>    the method directive instead.  See RDoc::Parser::Ruby
>
> Ok, it's pretty minor and I can live without it, but ....  
> "enhancement"?

I usually find deleting code is an enhancement :)

> Can the :method: directive emulate attr_reader, and really make the  
> output doc look the same as if attr_reader had been used instead of  
> some other class method? Is there a way to display "[R]", and group  
> it with other attrs?

No.

I'm very strongly considering merging the attr-defined methods with  
regular methods.  Present your counter-argument here.