Method: RDoc::Context#add_constant

Defined in:
lib/rdoc/code_object/context.rb

#add_constant(constant) ⇒ Object

Adds constant if not already there. If it is, updates the comment, value and/or is_alias_for of the known constant if they were empty/nil.



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# File 'lib/rdoc/code_object/context.rb', line 429

def add_constant constant
  return constant unless @document_self

  # HACK: avoid duplicate 'PI' & 'E' in math.c (1.8.7 source code)
  # (this is a #ifdef: should be handled by the C parser)
  known = @constants_hash[constant.name]

  if known then
    known.comment = constant.comment if known.comment.empty?

    known.value = constant.value if
      known.value.nil? or known.value.strip.empty?

    known.is_alias_for ||= constant.is_alias_for
  else
    @constants_hash[constant.name] = constant
    add_to @constants, constant
  end

  constant
end