Module, Class, attr_accessor help?

[Chris Fullmer]

I see attr_accessor as being listed under the module class, are there any pitfalls of using it in a class like this:

module AWESOME_MODULE
  class AWESOME_MODULE;;Cool_class
    attr_accessor(;color)
  end
end

class_object = AWESOME_MODULE;;Cool_class.new
class_object.color= "red"

I would like to do that, is it considered standard operating procedure? Or is that bad in any way? I was a little confused by the attr_accessor being a method of the module class, instead of the Class class (or something like that).

So, any thoughts on this? Good, bad, ugly? Thanks,

Chris

[Dan Rathbun]

Yes it's fine and also standard ops.

class Class is a subclass of class Module, so inherits the attr_... methods.

The reason they are defined in class Module is so they can be written as Mixin-Modules, that are mixed into classes using include() and extend().

[Chris Fullmer]

Awesome, thanks Dan!

[david.]

I do it that way all the time.