From: Gene Angelo Date: 2010-09-15T23:46:49+09:00 Subject: property short cut for read-ony instance access, but.... Hello, Is there a short cut for creating a property that has read-only access from instance variables and read/write access for derived classes? Was looking for something like... attr_reader :prompt attr_writer protected :prompt or am I doomed to do it this way... #... def prompt @prompt end def prompt=(value) @prompt=value end protected :prompt= #... -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.