1 files changed, 23 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/attribute.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/attribute.rb
index a72dbc7bf0..7928efb871 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/attribute.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/attribute.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require_relative "../kernel/singleton_class"
-require_relative "../module/remove_method"
-require_relative "../array/extract_options"
+require "active_support/core_ext/kernel/singleton_class"
+require "active_support/core_ext/module/redefine_method"
+require "active_support/core_ext/array/extract_options"
 
 class Class
   # Declare a class-level attribute whose value is inheritable by subclasses.
   # Subclasses can change their own value and it will not impact parent class.
   #
+  # ==== Options
+  #
+  # * <tt>:instance_reader</tt> - Sets the instance reader method (defaults to true).
+  # * <tt>:instance_writer</tt> - Sets the instance writer method (defaults to true).
+  # * <tt>:instance_accessor</tt> - Sets both instance methods (defaults to true).
+  # * <tt>:instance_predicate</tt> - Sets a predicate method (defaults to true).
+  # * <tt>:default</tt> - Sets a default value for the attribute (defaults to nil).
+  #
+  # ==== Examples
+  #
   #   class Base
   #     class_attribute :setting
   #   end
@@ -82,25 +92,23 @@ class Class
     default_value      = options.fetch(:default, nil)
 
     attrs.each do |name|
-      remove_possible_singleton_method(name)
+      singleton_class.silence_redefinition_of_method(name)
       define_singleton_method(name) { nil }
 
-      remove_possible_singleton_method("#{name}?")
+      singleton_class.silence_redefinition_of_method("#{name}?")
       define_singleton_method("#{name}?") { !!public_send(name) } if instance_predicate
 
       ivar = "@#{name}"
 
-      remove_possible_singleton_method("#{name}=")
+      singleton_class.silence_redefinition_of_method("#{name}=")
       define_singleton_method("#{name}=") do |val|
         singleton_class.class_eval do
-          remove_possible_method(name)
-          define_method(name) { val }
+          redefine_method(name) { val }
         end
 
         if singleton_class?
           class_eval do
-            remove_possible_method(name)
-            define_method(name) do
+            redefine_method(name) do
               if instance_variable_defined? ivar
                 instance_variable_get ivar
               else
@@ -113,8 +121,7 @@ class Class
       end
 
       if instance_reader
-        remove_possible_method name
-        define_method(name) do
+        redefine_method(name) do
           if instance_variable_defined?(ivar)
             instance_variable_get ivar
           else
@@ -122,13 +129,13 @@ class Class
           end
         end
 
-        remove_possible_method "#{name}?"
-        define_method("#{name}?") { !!public_send(name) } if instance_predicate
+        redefine_method("#{name}?") { !!public_send(name) } if instance_predicate
       end
 
       if instance_writer
-        remove_possible_method "#{name}="
-        attr_writer name
+        redefine_method("#{name}=") do |val|
+          instance_variable_set ivar, val
+        end
       end
 
       unless default_value.nil?