Method: Module#safe_name

Defined in:
lib/nrser/core_ext/module/names.rb

#safe_name ⇒ String

Like #name but also returns a String for anonymous classes.

So you don’t need to do any testing or trying when you want to work with the name of a module (or class, which are modules).

Returns:



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# File 'lib/nrser/core_ext/module/names.rb', line 33

def safe_name
  name = self.name
  return name if name.is_a? String
  
  # Slice out whatever that hex thingy that anon modules dump in their
  # `#to_s`... `"#<Class:0x00007fa6958c1700>" => "0x00007fa6958c1700"`
  # 
  # Might as well use that as an identifier so it matches their `#to_s`,
  # and this should still succeed in whatever funky way even if `#to_s`
  # returns something totally unexpected.
  # 
  to_s_hex = self.to_s.split( ':' ).last[0...-1]
  
  type_name = if self.is_a?( Class ) then "Class" else "Module" end
  
  "Anon#{ type_name }_#{ to_s_hex }"
end