method

to_s

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to_s() public

Return a string representing this module or class. For basic classes and modules, this is the name. For singletons, we show information on the thing we’re attached to as well.

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/*
 * call-seq:
 *   mod.to_s   => string
 *
 * Return a string representing this module or class. For basic
 * classes and modules, this is the name. For singletons, we
 * show information on the thing we're attached to as well.
 */

static VALUE
rb_mod_to_s(klass)
    VALUE klass;

{
    if (FL_TEST(klass, FL_SINGLETON)) {
        VALUE s = rb_str_new2("#<");
        VALUE v = rb_iv_get(klass, "__attached__");

        rb_str_cat2(s, "Class:");
        switch (TYPE(v)) {
          case T_CLASS: case T_MODULE:
            rb_str_append(s, rb_inspect(v));
            break;
          default:
            rb_str_append(s, rb_any_to_s(v));
            break;
        }
        rb_str_cat2(s, ">");

        return s;
    }
    return rb_str_dup(rb_class_name(klass));
}

to_s

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