Getting name of current method

[Ralph Shnelvar]

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Ruby has __FILE__ and __LINE__ to give the file and line omber where we are currently at in the code.

Consider
Class X
def my_method
m = ??? # I want m to be assigned "my_method"
end
end

How can I get m set properly?

I guess I could use define_method to define my_method and then pass the name into the function .. but that is so ugly and also flattens scope that I may not want flattened.

 

[Ryan Davis]

Ruby has __FILE__ and __LINE__ to give the file and line omber where =

we are currently at in the code.

=20
Consider
Class X
def my_method
m =3D ??? # I want m to be assigned "my_method"
end
end
=20
How can I get m set properly?
=20
I guess I could use define_method to define my_method and then pass =

the name into the function .. but that is so ugly and also flattens =
scope that I may not want flattened.

`ri Kernel.caller`

 

[Run Paint Run Run]

Ruby has __FILE__ and __LINE__ to give the file and line omber where we a= re currently at in the code.

Consider
=C2=A0Class X
=C2=A0 =C2=A0def my_method
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0m =3D ??? =C2=A0# I want m to be assigned "my_method"
=C2=A0 =C2=A0end
=C2=A0end

How can I get m set properly?

=3D> :my_method

 

[Ralph Shnelvar]

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Ryan,

Friday, September 3, 2010, 6:50:53 PM, you wrote:



RD> `ri Kernel.caller`

Thanks for pointing that out. Interesting and useful.


I have come up with two alternate methods and I'd like to ask the help of all those here to help me modify the first method so that it does what I want

- - - -
class X
@m = "method_1"
@s = <<-XXX
def #{@m}
puts "In #{@m}"
end
XXX

puts "#{__FILE__} @ #{__LINE__}"
puts @s
eval @s

m = "method_2"
eval("def #{m}; puts \"In #{m}\"; end")

end

x = X.new

x.method_1
x.method_2

- - -- -


The code, above, works fine in 1.8.6

Note that I have to define @m before @s. How can I set things up so that I can define @m after @s so that I can modify @m and get a new function?

 

[Robert Klemme]

Note that I have to define @m before @s. How can I set things up so
that I can define @m after @s so that I can modify @m and get a new
function?

What are you trying to achieve?

Kind regards

robert