2009/8/30 CoolAJ86 <coola...@gmail.com>: > >> Well yes - you still need to write the accessor methods to store you >> instance variables (attr_accessor is probably enough). >> >> Fred > > That makes sense. Thanks. > > I had my JavaScript thinking cap on when I was doing this... thinking > to create accessors out of thin air. > > I also just found out that the virtual accessors are accessors, not > class variables. > return @updated_at # always null > return updated_at # works
Don't understand this. As I understand it if you have attr_accessor :my_var then @my_var will access the variable (but this may only be written inside the class) and my_var is a method (well two methods actually) that may be used externally to read/write to @my_var so you can say my_object.my_var = 1 x = my_object.my_var If you use my_var (no @) inside the class this should work but it is calling the accessor methods rather than directly accessing @my_var Colin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
