From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2009-03-21T19:17:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Tracing method definition in core and stdlibs?

On 20.03.2009 19:45, John Wells wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:42 PM, John Wells
> <lists@sourceillustrated.com> wrote:
>> Yes, but I'd expect to see a good bit that were ruby too, correct?
>>
>> I'd like to create a utility method that would allow me to easily see
>> everywhere a method (file name, line number) is defined...I have it
>> working for scripts I write myself, but only going forward from that
>> script scope...not back through the libs. So I'd like to hook in
>> early...before any ruby files are loaded at all.
> 
> Is there any way to accomplish this in 1.8.x?

Lack of responses to me indicates that you probably need to hack Ruby's 
C core to achieve what you want.  If you just want to see method 
definitions you can as well get Ruby sources and search through them.

Kind regards

	robert