From: ahoward <ahoward@...>
Date: 2003-01-12T05:43:29+09:00
Subject: Re: attr_reader/writer vs. attr_accessor w/ access control

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Tom Sawyer wrote:

[snip]
> except for the fact that instance variables can spring into existence
> dynamically, i wonder why they aren't simply attr_accessor by default and
> access control the sole means by which we make them visible or invisible to
> the outside.
[snip]

class AnArrayLikeClass
  def size
    @size
  end

  def size= n
    raise "THIS MAY NOT MAKE SENSE NO MATTER WHAT THE ACCESS CONTROL"
  end
end


i like the

  attr_accessor :var
  protected :var=

alot though.

-a

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