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inspect() public

Returns the representation of sym as a symbol literal.

   :fred.inspect   #=> ":fred"

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     sym.inspect    => string
 *  
 *  Returns the representation of <i>sym</i> as a symbol literal.
 *     
 *     :fred.inspect   #=> ":fred"
 */

static VALUE
sym_inspect(sym)
    VALUE sym;
{
    VALUE str;
    const char *name;
    ID id = SYM2ID(sym);

    name = rb_id2name(id);
    str = rb_str_new(0, strlen(name)+1);
    RSTRING(str)->ptr[0] = ':';
    strcpy(RSTRING(str)->ptr+1, name);
    if (!rb_symname_p(name)) {
        str = rb_str_dump(str);
        strncpy(RSTRING(str)->ptr, ":\"", 2);
    }
    return str;
}

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