[ruby-core:103424] [Ruby master Feature#17753] Add Module#namespace

[fxn@hashref.com]

Issue #17753 has been updated by fxn (Xavier Noria).


The lexical parent module happens to be just the object from which you set the name, which does not even reflect the scope/nesting at assignment time (as you know):

```ruby
module A::B
  module X::Y
    class C
      name # => X::Y::C
    end
  end
end
```

Yeah, we see it differently. There, I only see a constant assignment. You see it like "most of the time, you can think of it that way because that's how most of Ruby looks like". That difference in points of view is fine :).

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Feature #17753: Add Module#namespace
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17753#change-91517

* Author: tenderlovemaking (Aaron Patterson)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
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Given code like this:

```ruby
module A
  module B
    class C; end
    class D; end
  end
end
```

We can get from `C` to `B` like `C.outer_scope`, or to `A` like
`C.outer_scope.outer_scope`.

I want to use this in cases where I don't know the outer scope, but I
want to find constants that are "siblings" of a constant.  For example,
I can do `A::B::C.outer_scope.constants` to find the list of "sibling"
constants to `C`.  I want to use this feature when walking objects and
introspecting.  For example:

```ruby
ObjectSpace.each_object(Class) do |k|
  p siblings: k.outer_scope.constants
end
```

I've attached a patch that implements this feature, and there is a pull request on GitHub [here](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/4326).

---Files--------------------------------
0001-Add-Module-outer_scope.patch (5.93 KB)
0001-Add-Module-namespace.patch (5.89 KB)


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