From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2010-01-18T08:59:11+09:00
Subject: Re: name of method?

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@dos32.com> wrote:
> How do I get the name of a method?
>
> def xxx
>  @WhatsMyName = ???
> end
>
>
> What should ??? be?  I want it to return "xxx".

Here's a bit of a hack using caller.

def method_name
  caller.first.match(/in `(.*)'/)[1]
end

class Foo
  def bar
    puts method_name
  end
  alias_method :baz, :bar
end

Foo.new.bar
Foo.new.baz

outputs:
bar
baz


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