From: Aleks Kissinger <aleks0@...>
Date: 2006-07-31T13:05:36+09:00
Subject: Re: using the current method name within current method

This is kindof a hack, but it seems to work:

def get_mname
  caller[0]=~/`(.*?)'/  # note the first quote is a backtick
  $1
end

def dinosaur
  puts get_mname
end

dinosaur()
=> 'dinosaur'


On 7/30/06, Daniel Harple <dharple@generalconsumption.org> wrote:
> On Jul 30, 2006, at 11:37 PM, Matthew Heidemann wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to get the current method name within the current
> > method?
> >
> > def test_method
> >  puts self.current_method
> > end
> >
> > --- output ----
> > test_method
>
> In 1.9 (Ruby CVS HEAD) there is #__method__ and #__callee__: http://
> eigenclass.org/hiki.rb?Changes+in+Ruby+1.9#l90
>
> -- Daniel
>
>
>