From: Caleb Clausen <vikkous@...>
Date: 2009-08-24T12:34:53+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-debug does not hit breakpoints at class-methods

On 8/22/09, Sys Ppp <systemppp@gmail.com> wrote:
> ruby-1.8.6-p369
> ruby-debug-0.10.3
>
> How to set breakpoints at class-methods without editing source of
> library files? And without line numbers?

My recollection is that ruby-debug does not allow setting breakpoints
by method name. For that, you need to use the older debug.rb (in
ruby's stdlib). Add -rdebug to the command line when you start the
interpreter. And you have to put up with the much slower performance
of debug.rb. (Often than doesn't matter, tho.)