How’s that possible? Didn’t we just assign the value to name? Why did the name variable not retain its value? (View Highlight)
In the above code, name is a local variable, instead of the setter method created by attr_accessor. Hence, its scope is limited to the publish method and no one outside it can access it. The value we assign to this local variable is lost as soon as the control exits the method. (View Highlight)
Using self ensures that Ruby calls Blog#name method, instead of creating a local variable. Typically, self is not needed if you’re simply calling a method in the class, Ruby will implicitly call that method on the current object. However, in this example, self is required. (View Highlight)
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