parent() public

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

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

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

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

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