Attribute
Introduction
A class that publishes a getter or setter for an instance variable invites client classes to become too intimate with its inner workings, and in particular with its representation of state.
Example
Given:
class Klass
attr_accessor :dummy
end
reek
would emit the following warning:
reek test.rb
test.rb -- 1 warning:
[2]:Klass declares the attribute dummy (Attribute)
Support in Reek
Right now this smell is disabled by default since it is highly subjective.
When this detector is enabled it raises a warning for every attr
, attr_reader
, attr_writer
and attr_accessor
-- including those that are private.
Configuration
If you want to enable it you can do so by placing
Attribute:
enabled: true
in your reek configuration file.
Attribute
supports only the Basic Smell Options.