parse_constant container, tk, comment, ignore_constants = false

in lib/rdoc/parser/ruby.rb [938:1004]

• 51 lines of code
• 18 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

  def parse_constant container, tk, comment, ignore_constants = false
    line_no = tk[:line_no]

    name = tk[:text]
    skip_tkspace_without_nl

    return unless name =~ /^\w+$/

    new_modules = []
    if :on_op == peek_tk[:kind] && '::' == peek_tk[:text] then
      unget_tk tk

      container, name_t, _, new_modules = get_class_or_module container, true

      name = name_t[:text]
    end

    is_array_or_hash = false
    if peek_tk && :on_lbracket == peek_tk[:kind]
      get_tk
      nest = 1
      while bracket_tk = get_tk
        case bracket_tk[:kind]
        when :on_lbracket
          nest += 1
        when :on_rbracket
          nest -= 1
          break if nest == 0
        end
      end
      skip_tkspace_without_nl
      is_array_or_hash = true
    end

    unless peek_tk && :on_op == peek_tk[:kind] && '=' == peek_tk[:text] then
      return false
    end
    get_tk

    unless ignore_constants
      new_modules.each do |prev_c, new_module|
        prev_c.add_module_by_normal_module new_module
        new_module.ignore unless prev_c.document_children
        @top_level.add_to_classes_or_modules new_module
      end
    end

    value = ''
    con = RDoc::Constant.new name, value, comment

    body = parse_constant_body container, con, is_array_or_hash

    return unless body

    con.value = body
    record_location con
    con.line   = line_no
    read_documentation_modifiers con, RDoc::CONSTANT_MODIFIERS

    return if is_array_or_hash

    @stats.add_constant con
    container.add_constant con

    true
  end