From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2005-05-22T04:32:58+09:00
Subject: Re: (newbie Q) opposite of inspect for strings

Paul Brannan wrote:
> There used to be a library out there somewhere for doing this with
> almost any object (using #inspect as a marshaling format).  It does not
> appear to be listed on the RAA, though.  I wish I could remember the
> name; perhaps someone else remembers it.

Maybe you mean this?

http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/amarshal/