# Re: Overwriting default accessors

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-overwriting-default-accessors/177196>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 13, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-overwriting-default-accessors/177196 "2009-10-13T04:15:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-overwriting-default-accessors/177196/1 "2009-10-13T04:15:04Z")

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On Oct 13, 2:24 am, Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Then you want something like
> 
> def status=(value)  
> new\_value = do\_something\_to(value)  
> self[:status] = new\_value # assuming this class is derived from AR  
> end
> 
> The reason your attempt to do status = value didn’t work is that it was  
> just calling the same method.

Aaaah. Or course! You can omit the parantheses in ruby method call.  
Thanks heaps for pointing me this out.

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