From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2004-11-13T08:39:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Trivial trick for looking at complex code

Hal Fulton wrote:
> I was looking at some really complex code today (someone else's) and
> felt a need to see its structure a little better.
> 
> You'd be surprised how helpful this is:
> 
>   grep -E "^ *(class|module|attr|def)" file.rb
> 
> It shows fairly clearly all the hierarchies, the method signatures,
> and the attributes.
> 
> That's making certain assumptions about common coding style.
> 
> Below is an example of running it against cgi.rb...
> 
> OK, it's not rocket science, but I felt like sharing it.

Very slick, Hal! I just ran it through my Net::SSH stuff. Handy. :) 
Definately something to remember.

Thanks for sharing. :)

- Jamis

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