Question

I would like to be able to identify what the name of the method is from the method which is currently being called. I have tried the following:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
class SomeClass
  def initialize
    puts self.name
  end
end
p = SomeClass.new

but receive the following error:

./test.rb:4:in `initialize': undefined method `name' <SomeClass:0x007fe4d107ba30 (NoMethodError)
  from ./test.rb:7:in `new'
  from ./test.rb:7:in `<main>'

How do I call the method I am calling from?

Answer 1

class SomeClass
  def initialize
    puts __callee__
  end
end
p = SomeClass.new #=> initialize

__method__ and __callee__ are synonyms