# HG changeset patch
# User Paul Boddie <paul@boddie.org.uk>
# Date 1476567135 -7200
# Node ID be308b898916fea05e8a167b58bf8bf761b32e58
# Parent  bb12d1f303580d9edf819c82100f1e5b3086d24e
Added a method providing the parent of any reference alias.

diff -r bb12d1f30358 -r be308b898916 referencing.py
--- a/referencing.py	Fri Oct 14 23:24:51 2016 +0200
+++ b/referencing.py	Sat Oct 15 23:32:15 2016 +0200
@@ -154,6 +154,15 @@
 
         return self.get_origin().rsplit(".", 1)[0]
 
+    def name_parent(self):
+
+        "Return the parent of this reference's aliased name."
+
+        if not self.get_name():
+            return None
+
+        return self.get_name().rsplit(".", 1)[0]
+
     def ancestors(self):
 
         """