From: gene.tani@...
Date: 2005-05-24T06:15:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Determining what file contains a module/class

For ruby-coded classes/modules only, Hugh Sasse's comprehensive RDOC of
every file/ class/method (builtins only, no Std. Lib):

http://www.eng.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~hgs/ruby/RUBY_SNAPSHOT_RDOC/index.html

(Also not sure which 1.8 snapshot this is)


Austin Ziegler wrote:
> On 5/21/05, Nicholas Wieland <nicholas_wieland@yahoo.it> wrote:
> > Hi *,
> > I need to find the file that contains a known module or class, to
> > "inspect" the source code and extract what I need from the file.
> > Something like:
> >
> > >> require 'digest'
> > >> Digest::base_file
> > '/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/digest.rb'
>
> The problem in this case is that digest is specifically in digest.so,
> not digest.rb. It also doesn't help if a module or class is defined
> across multiple files, which is certainly permitted in Ruby.
>
> -austin
> --
> Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com
>                * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca