Issue #19682 has been updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto). You have explained the concept of (existence of) “default definee”. I personally don't use that particular term, but I understand the intention. As far as I understand, you haven't explained the **need** for a method to retrieve the “default definee”. I don't agree with having a method just to “help users understand ruby better”. I agreed with the rejection of this proposal for several reasons: * This proposal does not have real-world use-cases * We don't have consensus regarding the term to describe the concept * This proposal is incomplete without a concrete method name. Matz. ---------------------------------------- Feature #19682: ability to get a reference to the "default definee" https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19682#change-103298 * Author: bughit (bug hit) * Status: Rejected * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- https://blog.yugui.jp/entry/846 "default definee" is a pretty important context so why not make it easy to identify? Could be a Module class method or a global method (Kernel) or a keyword. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/