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to_s

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to_s() public

Returns 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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static VALUE
rb_mod_to_s(VALUE klass)
{
    ID id_defined_at;
    VALUE refined_class, defined_at;

    if (FL_TEST(klass, FL_SINGLETON)) {
        VALUE s = rb_usascii_str_new2("#<Class:");
        VALUE v = rb_ivar_get(klass, id__attached__);

        if (CLASS_OR_MODULE_P(v)) {
            rb_str_append(s, rb_inspect(v));
        }
        else {
            rb_str_append(s, rb_any_to_s(v));
        }
        rb_str_cat2(s, ">");

        return s;
    }
    refined_class = rb_refinement_module_get_refined_class(klass);
    if (!NIL_P(refined_class)) {
        VALUE s = rb_usascii_str_new2("#<refinement:");

        rb_str_concat(s, rb_inspect(refined_class));
        rb_str_cat2(s, "@");
        CONST_ID(id_defined_at, "__defined_at__");
        defined_at = rb_attr_get(klass, id_defined_at);
        rb_str_concat(s, rb_inspect(defined_at));
        rb_str_cat2(s, ">");
        return s;
    }
    return rb_str_dup(rb_class_name(klass));
}

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