Allow to read and write AR attributes with non valid identifiers

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb
index ab86d8bad1..affe2d7f53 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/read.rb
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ 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__)
+            generated_attribute_methods.module_eval do
+              define_method("_#{symbol}") { eval(access_code) }
+              alias_method(symbol, "_#{symbol}")
+            end
           end
       end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/write.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/write.rb
index 6a593a7e0e..832f2ed408 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/write.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/write.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
       module ClassMethods
         protected
           def define_method_attribute=(attr_name)
-            generated_attribute_methods.module_eval("def #{attr_name}=(new_value); write_attribute('#{attr_name}', new_value); end", __FILE__, __LINE__)
+            generated_attribute_methods.send(:define_method, "#{attr_name}=") do |new_value|
+              write_attribute(attr_name, new_value)
+            end
           end
       end