From: Mark Brooks <mark.brooks@...>
Date: 2007-05-30T05:45:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Finding files associated with objects in Ruby

There is a Kernel method called "caller" that can help you here.  It returns
the current execution stack in the "file:line" format, so if you need to
know what file a method is define in, you can use the "caller" method to
show you.

Mark


On 5/29/07 4:25 PM, "gparsons" <geoffrey.parsons@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a bit of an odd request, but does anyone know how i would find
> what file Ruby is using to define an object in?  For instance if i had
> a few libraries in my include path and they defined the (ever useful)
> classes Foo, Bar, and Baz is there anyway to find out from within ruby
> that Foo is defined in the file /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/
> foo-1.0.0/lib/foo.rb or wherever?
> 
> The best i could come up with would be a rather brute force approach
> to searching through the files found in $: and this just seems
> horribly slow and prone to explosions.  Just wondering if someone out
> there who has a better understanding of Ruby's underbelly might have a
> better idea.
> 
> /Geoff
> 
> 
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