Merge branch 'master' of github.com:lifo/docrails

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb
index ab86d8bad1..69d5cd83f1 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb
@@ -70,7 +70,14 @@ module ActiveRecord
             if cache_attribute?(attr_name)
               access_code = "@attributes_cache['#{attr_name}'] ||= (#{access_code})"
             end
-            generated_attribute_methods.module_eval("def _#{symbol}; #{access_code}; end; alias #{symbol} _#{symbol}", __FILE__, __LINE__)
+            if symbol =~ /^[a-zA-Z_]\w*[!?=]?$/
+              generated_attribute_methods.module_eval("def _#{symbol}; #{access_code}; end; alias #{symbol} _#{symbol}", __FILE__, __LINE__)
+            else
+              generated_attribute_methods.module_eval do
+                define_method("_#{symbol}") { eval(access_code) }
+                alias_method(symbol, "_#{symbol}")
+              end
+            end
           end
       end