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parent

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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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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/introspection.rb, line 30
  def parent
    parent_name ? ActiveSupport::Inflector.constantize(parent_name) : Object
  end

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