From: MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage@...>
Date: 2006-09-20T23:00:14+09:00
Subject: Re: self.method?

Vincent Fourmond wrote:
>   Based on that, you could try something as follows:
>
> def who_am_i?
>   return caller[0]
> end
>
> def meth
>   p who_am_i?
> end
>
> meth
>
>   As it returns text, you'll need some regular expression handling, but
> that could help you...
>
> 	Vince, in a ruby mood today...

See! I told you that someone smarter than me would come up with a
solution! Never say never unless you want to be proven wrong rather
quickly! ;)

Using Vince's idea:

def who_am_i?
  caller[0].match(/`([^']+)'/)[1]
end

def meth
  p who_am_i?
end

meth # => "meth"

:)

Regards,
Jordan