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Feature #16703

Updated by sawa (Tsuyoshi Sawada) over 4 years ago

I often see code that intends to remove a portion of the namespace from a module/class name like this: 

 ```ruby 
 class A; class B class C; end end end 
 A::B::C.name.delete_prefix("A::") # => "B::C" 
 A::B::C.name.delete_prefix("A::B::") A::B::C.name.delete_prefix("A::C::") # => "C" 
 ``` 

 I think a large portion of the use cases of the method `String#delete_prefix` belongs to are such use cases. 

 I propose to let `Module#name` take an optional parameter that expresses the name space. The parameter should be either a module, string, or a symbol. 

 I am not sure whether a positional argument or a keyword argument is better. 

 Positional argument: 

 ```ruby 
 A::B::C.name("A") # => "B::C" 
 A::B::C.name(:A) # => "B::C" 
 A::B::C.name(A) # => "B::C" 
 A::B::C.name("A::B") # => "C" 
 A::B::C.name(:"A::B") # => "C" 
 A::B::C.name(A::B) # => "C" 
 ``` 

 Keyword argument: 

 ```ruby 
 A::B::C.name(namespace: "A") # => "B::C" 
 A::B::C.name(namespace: :A) # => "B::C" 
 A::B::C.name(namespace: A) # => "B::C" 
 A::B::C.name(namespace: "A::B") # => "C" 
 A::B::C.name(namespace: :"A::B") # => "C" 
 A::B::C.name(namespace: A::B) # => "C" 
 ``` 

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