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In Ruby there are four different getter and setter methods for instance variables, attr, attr_reader, attr_writer, and attr_accessor. The question is, is in Ruby attr :dilithium, the same as attr_reader :dilithium, and identical to attr_accessor :dilithium if an additional parameter true is passed? That is to say is
class Enterprise
attr :dilithium, true
identical to
class Enterprise
attr_accessor :dilithium
Are the two functions attr and attr_accessor more or less redundant?