const_get(*args)
public
Checks for a constant with the given name
in mod. If inherit is set, the lookup will also search
the ancestors (and Object if mod is a Module).
The value of the constant is returned if a definition is found, otherwise a
NameError is raised.
Math.const_get(:PI)
This method will recursively look up constant names if a namespaced class
name is provided. For example:
module Foo; class Bar; end end
Object.const_get 'Foo::Bar'
The inherit flag is respected on each lookup. For example:
module Foo
class Bar
VAL = 10
end
class Baz < Bar; end
end
Object.const_get 'Foo::Baz::VAL'
Object.const_get 'Foo::Baz::VAL', false
If the argument is not a valid constant name a NameError will be raised with a warning
“wrong constant name”.
Object.const_get 'foobar'
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static VALUE
rb_mod_const_get(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE mod)
{
VALUE name, recur;
rb_encoding *enc;
const char *pbeg, *p, *path, *pend;
ID id;
rb_check_arity(argc, 1, 2);
name = argv[0];
recur = (argc == 1) ? Qtrue : argv[1];
if (SYMBOL_P(name)) {
if (!rb_is_const_sym(name)) goto wrong_name;
id = rb_check_id(&name);
if (!id) return rb_const_missing(mod, name);
return RTEST(recur) ? rb_const_get(mod, id) : rb_const_get_at(mod, id);
}
path = StringValuePtr(name);
enc = rb_enc_get(name);
if (!rb_enc_asciicompat(enc)) {
rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "invalid class path encoding (non ASCII)");
}
pbeg = p = path;
pend = path + RSTRING_LEN(name);
if (p >= pend || !*p) {
wrong_name:
rb_name_err_raise(wrong_constant_name, mod, name);
}
if (p + 2 < pend && p[0] == ':' && p[1] == ':') {
mod = rb_cObject;
p += 2;
pbeg = p;
}
while (p < pend) {
VALUE part;
long len, beglen;
while (p < pend && *p != ':') p++;
if (pbeg == p) goto wrong_name;
id = rb_check_id_cstr(pbeg, len = p-pbeg, enc);
beglen = pbeg-path;
if (p < pend && p[0] == ':') {
if (p + 2 >= pend || p[1] != ':') goto wrong_name;
p += 2;
pbeg = p;
}
if (!RB_TYPE_P(mod, T_MODULE) && !RB_TYPE_P(mod, T_CLASS)) {
rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "%"PRIsVALUE" does not refer to class/module",
QUOTE(name));
}
if (!id) {
part = rb_str_subseq(name, beglen, len);
OBJ_FREEZE(part);
if (!rb_is_const_name(part)) {
name = part;
goto wrong_name;
}
else if (!rb_method_basic_definition_p(CLASS_OF(mod), id_const_missing)) {
part = rb_str_intern(part);
mod = rb_const_missing(mod, part);
continue;
}
else {
rb_mod_const_missing(mod, part);
}
}
if (!rb_is_const_id(id)) {
name = ID2SYM(id);
goto wrong_name;
}
mod = RTEST(recur) ? rb_const_get(mod, id) : rb_const_get_at(mod, id);
}
return mod;
}