class PP

Pretty-printer for Ruby objects.¶ ↑

Which seems better?¶ ↑

non-pretty-printed output by p is:

#<PP:0x81fedf0 @genspace=#<Proc:0x81feda0>, @group_queue=#<PrettyPrint::GroupQueue:0x81fed3c @queue=[[#<PrettyPrint::Group:0x81fed78 @breakables=[], @depth=0, @break=false>], []]>, @buffer=[], @newline="\n", @group_stack=[#<PrettyPrint::Group:0x81fed78 @breakables=[], @depth=0, @break=false>], @buffer_width=0, @indent=0, @maxwidth=79, @output_width=2, @output=#<IO:0x8114ee4>>

pretty-printed output by pp is:

#<PP:0x81fedf0
 @buffer=[],
 @buffer_width=0,
 @genspace=#<Proc:0x81feda0>,
 @group_queue=
  #<PrettyPrint::GroupQueue:0x81fed3c
   @queue=
    [[#<PrettyPrint::Group:0x81fed78 @break=false, @breakables=[], @depth=0>],
     []]>,
 @group_stack=
  [#<PrettyPrint::Group:0x81fed78 @break=false, @breakables=[], @depth=0>],
 @indent=0,
 @maxwidth=79,
 @newline="\n",
 @output=#<IO:0x8114ee4>,
 @output_width=2>

I like the latter. If you do too, this library is for you.

Usage¶ ↑

pp(obj)             #=> obj
pp(obj1, obj2, ...) #=> [obj1, obj2, ...]
pp()                #=> nil

output +obj(s)+ to +$>+ in pretty printed format.

It returns +obj(s)+.

Output Customization¶ ↑

To define your customized pretty printing function for your classes, redefine a method pretty_print(pp) in the class. It takes an argument pp which is an instance of the class PP. The method should use PrettyPrint#text, PrettyPrint#breakable, PrettyPrint#nest, PrettyPrint#group and PP::PPMethods#pp to print the object.

Author¶ ↑

Tanaka Akira <akr@m17n.org>

Attributes

sharing_detection[RW]

Returns the sharing detection flag as a boolean value. It is false by default.

Public Class Methods

pp(obj, out=$>, width=79) click to toggle source

Outputs obj to out in pretty printed format of width columns in width.

If out is omitted, +$>+ is assumed. If width is omitted, 79 is assumed.

::pp returns out.

# File lib/pp.rb, line 76
def PP.pp(obj, out=$>, width=79)
  q = PP.new(out, width)
  q.guard_inspect_key {q.pp obj}
  q.flush
  #$pp = q
  out << "\n"
end

singleline_pp(obj, out=$>) click to toggle source

Outputs obj to out like ::pp but with no indent and newline.

::singleline_pp returns out.

# File lib/pp.rb, line 88
def PP.singleline_pp(obj, out=$>)
  q = SingleLine.new(out)
  q.guard_inspect_key {q.pp obj}
  q.flush
  out
end