From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2009-06-17T23:25:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Why is attr_accessor also mutator?

Hi --

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, bjorn borg wrote:

>
> Sorry for the "nitpicky question" but I'm new to Ruby and was
> wondering why attr_accessor was used to implicitly define accessor
> AND a mutator when the name attr_accessor itself has nothing
> alluding to mutation (i.e. attr_accessor_mutator).

You can think of it as "access" in the sense of "read/write access",
as opposed to just one or the other (attr_reader/writer).


David

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