From: "rupert (Robert Pankowecki)" <robert.pankowecki@...>
Date: 2012-05-20T08:29:40+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:45144] [ruby-trunk - Feature #6470][Open] Make attr_accessor return the list of generated method


Issue #6470 has been reported by rupert (Robert Pankowecki).

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Feature #6470: Make attr_accessor return the list of generated method
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6470

Author: rupert (Robert Pankowecki)
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 


attr_accesor currently returns nil. It would be more helpful if it return list of generated methods so that it can become an argument to other methods like :private or :protected. That way private accessors can still be defined at top of the class and be private without changing the visibility of next methods. 

class Something
  private *attr_accessor :user, :action # IMHO This is nice
  # private attr_accessor :user, :action # <-- would be even better if :private method accepted arrays

  def initialize(user, action)
    self.user   = user
    self.action = action
  end

  def public_method
    user.do_something(action)
  end
end


VS


class Something
  private; attr_accessor :user, :action; public # IMHO Hack!!

  def initialize(user, action)
    self.user   = user
    self.action = action
  end

  def public_method
    user.do_something(action)
  end
end


VS


class Something
  def initialize(user, action)
    self.user   = user
    self.action = action
  end

  def public_method
    user.do_something(action)
  end

  private
  attr_accessor :user, :action # IMHO Does not look nice at bottom of the class definition
end


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