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parent

rails latest stable - Class: ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Module

Method deprecated or moved

This method is deprecated or moved on the latest stable version. The last existing version (v2.3.8) is shown here.

parent()
public

Returns the module which contains this one according to its name. 

  module M
    module N
    end
  end
  X = M::N

  p M::N.parent # => M
  p X.parent    # => M

The parent of top-level and anonymous modules is Object. 

  p M.parent          # => Object
  p Module.new.parent # => Object