Contents

module Kernel

  private

  # Retreive the current running method name.
  #
  # There is a lot of debate on what to call this.
  # #me returns a symbol, not a string.
  #
  #   def tester; __method__; end
  #   tester  #=> :tester

  def __method__
    /\`([^\']+)\'/.match(caller(1).first)[1].to_sym
  end

  # Technically this should provided alias names,
  # where __method__ should not. But we'll have to
  # leave that distinction to Ruby 1.9+.

  alias_method :__callee__, :__method__

end


#  _____         _
# |_   _|__  ___| |_
#   | |/ _ \/ __| __|
#   | |  __/\__ \ |_
#   |_|\___||___/\__|
#
=begin test

  require 'test/unit'

  class TCKernel < Test::Unit::TestCase

    def test_method_name
      assert_equal( "test_method_name", __method__.to_s )
    end

  end

=end

Version data entries

4 entries across 4 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
facets-1.4.2	lib/facets/core/kernel/__method__.rb
facets-1.4.3	lib/facets/core/kernel/__method__.rb
facets-1.4.4	lib/facets/core/kernel/__method__.rb
facets-1.4.5	lib/facets/core/kernel/__method__.rb