From: "Darryl L. Pierce" <mcpierce@...>
Date: 2011-10-05T02:10:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Local vs method vs instance

On 10/04/2011 11:42 AM, Chris Hulan wrote:
> My understanding (probly flawed) is
> attr_reader :x
> 
> generates the following code:
> 
> def x
>   @x
> end
> 
> so in bar that 'x' is a call to the x method, which returns the '@x' value
> but doing it this way makes the x public readable, so should only be
> used if that is needed
> I'd stick with using @x

AH! That's what I missing, and what he meant by "the method". Okay. The
OP though didn't have the attr_accessor on the fields, though, that I
remember.


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