From: Rein Henrichs <reinh@...>
Date: 2010-06-06T08:50:05+09:00
Subject: Re: 1.9 warning for 'private' and possible bug

On 2010-06-05 15:55:20 -0700, Joel VanderWerf said:
> 
> No. The original code is controlling access to the method
> Module#attr_accessor. Your code is controlling access to
> PrivateAccessor#foo.

Not exactly. Methods created by attr_accessor will have its visibility. 
Your code makes attr_accessor private, which is why accessors created 
with it are also private. You can also demonstrate by writing your own 
attr_accessor from scratch.

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