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instance method

Object#singleton_method

obj.singleton_method(sym) → method

VALUE
rb_obj_singleton_method(VALUE obj, VALUE vid)
{
    VALUE klass = rb_singleton_class_get(obj);
    ID id = rb_check_id(&vid);

    if (NIL_P(klass)) {
        /* goto undef; */
    }
    else if (NIL_P(klass = RCLASS_ORIGIN(klass))) {
        /* goto undef; */
    }
    else if (! id) {
        VALUE m = mnew_missing_by_name(klass, obj, &vid, FALSE, rb_cMethod);
        if (m) return m;
        /* else goto undef; */
    }
    else {
        const rb_method_entry_t *me = rb_method_entry_at(klass, id);
        vid = ID2SYM(id);

        if (UNDEFINED_METHOD_ENTRY_P(me)) {
            /* goto undef; */
        }
        else if (UNDEFINED_REFINED_METHOD_P(me->def)) {
            /* goto undef; */
        }
        else {
            return mnew_from_me(me, klass, klass, obj, id, rb_cMethod, FALSE);
        }
    }

  /* undef: */
    rb_name_err_raise("undefined singleton method `%1$s' for `%2$s'",
                      obj, vid);
    UNREACHABLE_RETURN(Qundef);
}

Similar to method, searches singleton method only.

Example

class Demo
  def initialize(n)
    @iv = n
  end
  def hello()
    "Hello, @iv = #{@iv}"
  end
end

k = Demo.new(99)
def k.hi
  "Hi, @iv = #{@iv}"
end
m = k.singleton_method(:hi)
m.call   #=> "Hi, @iv = 99"
m = k.singleton_method(:hello) #=> NameError

See also #singleton_class #singleton_methods #send #taint also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0

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