Method: ObjectSpace.dump

Defined in:

objspace_dump.c

.dump(obj[, output: :string]) ⇒ Object .dump(obj, output: :file) ⇒ #<File:/tmp/rubyobj20131125-88733-1xkfmpv.json .dump(obj, output: :stdout) ⇒ nil

Dump the contents of a ruby object as JSON.

This method is only expected to work with C Ruby. This is an experimental method and is subject to change. In particular, the function signature and output format are not guaranteed to be compatible in future versions of ruby.

Overloads:

• .dump(obj, output: :file) ⇒ #<File:/tmp/rubyobj20131125-88733-1xkfmpv.json

  Returns ].

  Returns:

  • (#<File:/tmp/rubyobj20131125-88733-1xkfmpv.json) —

    ]

• .dump(obj, output: :stdout) ⇒ nil

  Returns:

  • (nil)

# File 'objspace_dump.c', line 359

static VALUE
objspace_dump(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE os)
{
    static const char filename[] = "rubyobj";
    VALUE obj = Qnil, opts = Qnil, output;
    struct dump_config dc = {0,};

    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "1:", &obj, &opts);

    output = dump_output(&dc, opts, sym_string, filename);

    dump_object(obj, &dc);

    return dump_result(&dc, output);
}