From: "wardrop (Tom Wardrop)" <tom@...>
Date: 2013-02-18T20:00:25+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:52436] [ruby-trunk - Feature #7876][Open] Add method for accessing Class from within Singleton Class


Issue #7876 has been reported by wardrop (Tom Wardrop).

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Feature #7876: Add method for accessing Class from within Singleton Class
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7876

Author: wardrop (Tom Wardrop)
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 


=begin
I'm quite surprised I haven't run into this sooner, but I seem to have just discovered that there's no means by which you can access the outer Class object once inside the context of the Singleton Class. Take the following example; how would I get a reference to (({Test})) from within the singleton?

  class Test
    class << self
      # How do I get a reference to Test from here?
    end
  end

I assume the answer is that there is no reliable way, hence the reason for this request. Could we add a method to the singleton class that allows access to the "outer" class, e.g.

  class Test
    class << self
      self.outerclass
    end
  end

Thoughts?
=end


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