[ruby-core:57382] [ruby-trunk - Feature #8839] Class and module should return the class or module that was opened

Issue #8839 has been updated by charliesome (Charlie Somerville).


nobu: I don't understand what you mean by "evaluated in different timings". Could you please explain?

I think this proposal is a good idea. For example, this makes no sense:

    class A
      def foo
      end
    end # => :foo

But this makes more sense:

    class A
      def foo
      end
    end # => A
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Feature #8839: Class and module should return the class or module that was opened
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8839#change-41984

Author: headius (Charles Nutter)
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 


With the change for https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/3753, "def" forms now return the symbolic name of the method defined. Because class and module bodies just return the last expression in their bodies, this means they will now usually end up returning a symbol for the last method defined. This does not seem useful or correct.

I think class and module should return a reference to the class or module just opened. This would make the return value useful and consistent.


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