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parent_name

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parent_name() public

Returns the name of the module containing this one.

M::N.parent_name # => "M"

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/introspection.rb, line 7
  def parent_name
    unless defined? @parent_name
      @parent_name = name =~ /::[^:]+\Z/ ? $`.freeze : nil
    end
    @parent_name
  end

parent_name

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