method

pretty_print_inspect

v1_8_7_72 - Show latest stable - Class: PP::ObjectMixin

pretty_print_inspect()

public

Is #inspect implementation using #pretty_print. If you implement #pretty_print, it can be used as follows.

  alias inspect pretty_print_inspect

However, doing this requires that every class that #inspect is called on implement #pretty_print, or a RuntimeError will be raised.

# File lib/pp.rb, line 291
    def pretty_print_inspect
      if /\(PP::ObjectMixin\)#/ =~ Object.instance_method(:method).bind(self).call(:pretty_print).inspect
        raise "pretty_print is not overridden for #{self.class}"
      end
      PP.singleline_pp(self, '')
    end

pretty_print_inspect

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