From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2005-12-08T12:37:35+09:00
Subject: Re: How to capture PrettyPrint output to string?


List Recv wrote:
> I'd like to capture the output of pp (PrettyPrint) as a string, as
> opposed to putting it on stdout.
>
> Something like:
> dump = myvar.pp

http://extensions.rubyforge.org defines Object#pp_s which does what you
want.  You can examine the implementation on the website.

The Facets/Core project may have something similar.  Hopefully with a
nicer name!

This functionality is a screaming omission from the standard library!

Gavin