method

_dump

v2_1_10 - Show latest stable - Class: BigDecimal

_dump(p1 = v1)

public

Method used to provide marshalling support.

inf = BigDecimal.new('Infinity')
=> #<BigDecimal:1e16fa8,'Infinity',9(9)>
BigDecimal._load(inf._dump)
=> #<BigDecimal:1df8dc8,'Infinity',9(9)>

See the Marshal module.

static VALUE
BigDecimal_dump(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    ENTER(5);
    Real *vp;
    char *psz;
    VALUE dummy;
    volatile VALUE dump;

    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &dummy);
    GUARD_OBJ(vp,GetVpValue(self, 1));
    dump = rb_str_new(0, VpNumOfChars(vp, "E")+50);
    psz = RSTRING_PTR(dump);
    sprintf(psz, "%"PRIuSIZE":", VpMaxPrec(vp)*VpBaseFig());
    VpToString(vp, psz+strlen(psz), 0, 0);
    rb_str_resize(dump, strlen(psz));
    return dump;
}

_dump

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