From: "Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)" <shot@...>
Date: 2008-11-10T15:28:15+09:00
Subject: Re: how to find self class name inside self difinition  ?

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Thani Ararsu:

> module Aa
> end

> class Aa::Name
>   def self.class_name
>     self.class.name
>   end
> end
> puts Aa::Name.class_name  # 'Class'

(This is correct; the object =E2=80=98Aa::Name=E2=80=99 is of class =E2=80=
=98Class=E2=80=99.)

> # But i want my class name as 'Aa::Name' instead of 'Class'

You want the Module#name method:

class Aa::Name
  def self.class_name
    name
  end
end

Aa::Name.class_name # =3D> 'Aa::Name'

-- Shot
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