From: Stefan Rusterholz <apeiros@...>
Date: 2008-11-10T15:30:17+09:00
Subject: Re: how to find self class name inside self difinition  ?

Thani Ararsu wrote:
> module Aa
> end
> 
> class Aa::Name
>   def self.class_name
>     self.class.name
>   end
> end
> puts Aa::Name.class_name  # 'Class'
> 
> # But i want my class name as 'Aa::Name' instead of 'Class'
> 
> 
> any idea ?

Just drop the .class part.
class Aa::Name
  def self.class_name; self.name; end # self is redundant so:
  def self.class_name; name; end # now for this we got a nice little 
construct that goes:
  class << self
    alias class_name name
  end
end

Regards
Stefan
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