From: sto.mar@...
Date: 2013-07-28T06:42:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Difference between Kernel#caller and Kernel#caller_locations

Am 27.07.2013 23:13, schrieb Ryan Davis:
> 
> On Jul 27, 2013, at 13:43 , Love U Ruby <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> 
>> I am bit confused with the methods
>> `Kernel#caller`(http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-2.0/Kernel.html#method-i-caller)
>> and
>> `Kernel#caller_locations`(http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-2.0/Kernel.html#method-i-caller_locations).
>> Are there any differences between these 2 methods?
> 
> You mean... the same answer to the same question you asked in May?
> 
> http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/407506

To be fair: I don't think this aspect has been answered in that thread,
and it really is not so easy to spot in irb output
(since Thread::Backtrace::Location#inspect produces the same output
as the strings returned when using Kernel#caller).

> I really wish you'd stop abusing this list and learn how to learn on your own.
[snip]

I think it has improved a lot in the past months.

Best regards,
Marcus


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