# Alias\_accessor

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alias-accessor/147812>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 5, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alias-accessor/147812 "2008-09-05T16:54:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alias-accessor/147812/1 "2008-09-05T16:54:54Z")

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I don’t understand why something like this isn’t in core.

class Module

```
  def alias_accessor(new, old)
    alias_method(new, old)
    alias_method("#{new}=", "#{old}=")
  end

```

end

Is there some other way to handle this that I’m missing?