Method: Module#parent

Defined in:
motion/core_ext/module/introspection.rb

#parent ⇒ Object

Returns the module which contains this one according to its name.

module M
  module N
  end
end
X = M::N

M::N.parent # => M
X.parent    # => M

The parent of top-level and anonymous modules is Object.

M.parent          # => Object
Module.new.parent # => Object



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# File 'motion/core_ext/module/introspection.rb', line 28

def parent
  parent_name ? parent_name.constantize : Object
end