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inspect() public

Outputs the local variables to this current session, including #signal_status and #context, using IRB::Locale.

# File lib/irb.rb, line 666
    def inspect
      ary = []
      for iv in instance_variables
        case (iv = iv.to_s)
        when "@signal_status"
          ary.push format("%s=:%s", iv, @signal_status.id2name)
        when "@context"
          ary.push format("%s=%s", iv, eval(iv).__to_s__)
        else
          ary.push format("%s=%s", iv, eval(iv))
        end
      end
      format("#<%s: %s>", self.class, ary.join(", "))
    end

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