From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2008-12-11T23:49:24+09:00
Subject: Re: P shows object values, so can u put P and value in txt?

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:53 PM, James M. Lawrence
<quixoticsycophant@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'd like to randomly interject the under-appreciated technique of
> printing an expression and its value, as opposed just the value.
>
> def show(&block)
>  expression = block.call.strip
>  result = eval(expression, block.binding)
>  printf("%-20s #=> %s\n", expression, result.inspect)
> end

Neat idea.  Thanks for sharing.

-greg

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