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instance method

Module#autoload?

(::interned name, ?::boolish inherit) -> ::String?

mod.autoload?(name, inherit=true) → String or nil

static VALUE
rb_mod_autoload_p(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE mod)
{
    int recur = (rb_check_arity(argc, 1, 2) == 1) ? TRUE : RTEST(argv[1]);
    VALUE sym = argv[0];

    ID id = rb_check_id(&sym);
    if (!id) {
        return Qnil;
    }
    return rb_autoload_at_p(mod, id, recur);
}

Returns filename to be loaded if name is registered as autoload in the namespace of mod or one of its ancestors.

Example

module A
end
A.autoload(:B, "b")
A.autoload?(:B)            #=> "b"

If inherit is false, the lookup only checks the autoloads in the receiver:

Example

class A
  autoload :CONST, "const.rb"
end

class B < A
end

B.autoload?(:CONST)          #=> "const.rb", found in A (ancestor)
B.autoload?(:CONST, false)   #=> nil, not found in B itself

See also #autoload #autoload_relative #attr_writer #class_eval also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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