From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2011-04-15T09:50:51+09:00
Subject: Re: What do you do when you need to attach data to an object instance?

Aaron D. Gifford wrote in post #992887:
>
> Now another question.  I noticed that if I don't include the
> send(:public) bit up there, that the send(:attr_accessor) message
> delivered to the anonymous module ends up creating private accessor
> methods, not public.
>
> I find that puzzling:
>

Me too:

module Mod
  attr_accessor :data

  def do_stuff
  end
end

p Mod.public_instance_methods.grep(/^d/)

--output:--
[:data, :data=, :do_stuff]


Test = Module.new
Test.send(:attr_accessor, :data)
Test.send(:define_method, :do_stuff, Proc.new {puts 'hi'})
p Test.public_instance_methods.grep(/^d/)
p Test.private_instance_methods.grep(/^d/)

--output:--

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