Allow calling a private accessor with `self.`

[Feature #11297] [Feature #16123]

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/spec/ruby/language/fixtures/send.rb b/spec/ruby/language/fixtures/send.rb
index c3013616b2..918241e171 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/language/fixtures/send.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/language/fixtures/send.rb
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ module LangSendSpecs
   end
 
   class PrivateGetter
-    attr_reader :foo
+    attr_accessor :foo
     private :foo
+    private :foo=
 
     def call_self_foo
       self.foo
diff --git a/spec/ruby/language/send_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/language/send_spec.rb
index 290b8662db..5e6571893c 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/language/send_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/language/send_spec.rb
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ describe "Invoking a private getter method" do
     it "permits self as a receiver" do
       receiver = LangSendSpecs::PrivateGetter.new
       -> { receiver.call_self_foo }.should_not raise_error(NoMethodError)
+      -> { receiver.call_self_foo_or_equals(6) }.should_not raise_error(NoMethodError)
     end
   end
 end