Issue #19742 has been updated by Eregon (Benoit Daloze).
Eregon (Benoit Daloze) wrote in #note-27:
Regarding `Module#anonymous?`, I think it should be
true for `Module.new::C = Module.new #=> #<Module:0x00007f92d6c66770>::C` (note,
the `.name` of that is `"#<Module:0x00007f92d6c66770>::C"`, it's not
nil)
I.e., it should only return `false` if `Module#name` is a valid constant path, i.e., if
all components of the the constant path are valid constant names.
It would mean on `remove_const` and on `const_set(name, v)` when there was already a
constant `name`, to change the name of the old constant if it is a module.
And also do so recursively for any constant in that module, i.e., mirroring what we do
when we name a module, it also names all module constant of that module.
Then I think we could finally trust without exception that a non-anonymous `Module#name`
is a valid way to reach that Module. That would be great.
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Feature #19742: Introduce `Module#anonymous?`
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19742#change-103661
* Author: ioquatix (Samuel Williams)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
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As a follow-on <from
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19521>gt;, I'd like propose
we introduce `Module#anonymous?`.
In some situations, like logging/formatting, serialisation/deserialization, debugging or
meta-programming, we might like to know if a class is a proper constant or not.
However, this brings about some other issues which might need to be discussed.
After assigning a constant, then removing it, the internal state of Ruby still believes
that the class name is permanent, even thought it's no longer true.
e.g.
```
m = Module.new
m.anonymous? # true
M = m
m.anonyomous # false
Object.send(:remove_const, :M)
M # uninitialized constant M (NameError)
m.anonymous? # false
```
Because RCLASS data structure is not updated after the constant is removed, internally the
state still has a "permanent class name".
I want to use this proposal to discuss this issue and whether there is anything we should
do about such behaviour (or even if it's desirable).
Proposed PR:
https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/7966
cc @fxn
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