From 371cc330dd26552515e79549f784b8b3db7fa4f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Earlopain <14981592+Earlopain@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 14:07:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove `MetaMethod` and `GhostMethod`

RDoc has no special handling for these. `MetaMethod` is unreferenced, and `GhostMethod` was only
used for tomdoc.
---
 lib/rdoc.rb                          | 2 --
 lib/rdoc/code_object.rb              | 2 --
 lib/rdoc/code_object/ghost_method.rb | 6 ------
 lib/rdoc/code_object/meta_method.rb  | 6 ------
 lib/rdoc/parser/ruby.rb              | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 17 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 lib/rdoc/code_object/ghost_method.rb
 delete mode 100644 lib/rdoc/code_object/meta_method.rb

diff --git a/lib/rdoc.rb b/lib/rdoc.rb
index 3629f018a5..515980e77b 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc.rb
@@ -197,8 +197,6 @@ def self.home
   autoload :Alias,          "#{__dir__}/rdoc/code_object/alias"
   autoload :AnyMethod,      "#{__dir__}/rdoc/code_object/any_method"
   autoload :MethodAttr,     "#{__dir__}/rdoc/code_object/method_attr"
-  autoload :GhostMethod,    "#{__dir__}/rdoc/code_object/ghost_method"
-  autoload :MetaMethod,     "#{__dir__}/rdoc/code_object/meta_method"
   autoload :Attr,           "#{__dir__}/rdoc/code_object/attr"
 
   autoload :Constant,       "#{__dir__}/rdoc/code_object/constant"
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/code_object.rb b/lib/rdoc/code_object.rb
index c15c0129f5..578d1a5e74 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/code_object.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/code_object.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 # * RDoc::MethodAttr
 #   * RDoc::Attr
 #   * RDoc::AnyMethod
-#     * RDoc::GhostMethod
-#     * RDoc::MetaMethod
 # * RDoc::Alias
 # * RDoc::Constant
 # * RDoc::Require
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/code_object/ghost_method.rb b/lib/rdoc/code_object/ghost_method.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 25f951e35e..0000000000
--- a/lib/rdoc/code_object/ghost_method.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-##
-# GhostMethod represents a method referenced only by a comment
-
-class RDoc::GhostMethod < RDoc::AnyMethod
-end
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/code_object/meta_method.rb b/lib/rdoc/code_object/meta_method.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c95a0f78c..0000000000
--- a/lib/rdoc/code_object/meta_method.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-##
-# MetaMethod represents a meta-programmed method
-
-class RDoc::MetaMethod < RDoc::AnyMethod
-end
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/parser/ruby.rb b/lib/rdoc/parser/ruby.rb
index 0100b04b45..b6f7f05d0a 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/parser/ruby.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/parser/ruby.rb
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def parse_comment_tomdoc(container, comment, line_no, start_line)
 
     name, = signature.split %r%[ \(]%, 2
 
-    meth = RDoc::GhostMethod.new comment.text, name
+    meth = RDoc::AnyMethod.new comment.text, name
     record_location(meth)
     meth.line = start_line
     meth.call_seq = signature