Rails 5.2 specifying default value for class_attribute

It is very common to set a default value for a class_attribute.

Before Rails 5.2, to specify a default value for a class_attribute, we needed to write like this.

1class ActivityLogger
2class_attribute :logger
3class_attribute :settings
4
5self.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
6self.settings = {}
7end
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As we can see above, it requires additional keystrokes to set a default value for each class_attribute.

Rails 5.2 has added support for specifying a default value for a class_attribute using default option.

1class ActivityLogger
2class_attribute :logger, default: Logger.new(STDOUT)
3class_attribute :settings, default: {}
4end
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This enhancement was introduced in this pull request.