Pp equiv of #inspect

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i often use

raise SomeError, “object was <#{ object.inspect }>”

and similar

what would be the eqiv methods using pretty_print? i would like to do
something like

raise SomeError, “object was <#{ object.pretty_print_inspect }>”

but that obviously does not work.

what i am after is a method on object, or that takes an object, which returns
as a string the output that pp(object) would have produced. i know i can do
PP.pp(obj, port) but am looking for something shorter…

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FWIW:

require ‘extensions/object’ # from Rubyforge

x = some_object.pp_s

Not a great name, perhaps; I just picked it up somewhere and liked the
idea.

Gavin

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On Friday, February 13, 2004, 3:05:01 AM, Ara.T.Howard wrote:

what i am after is a method on object, or that takes an object, which returns
as a string the output that pp(object) would have produced. i know i can do
PP.pp(obj, port) but am looking for something shorter…

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I do like your sense of humour, your reply is only 20% of your signature.

For people who like a long signature, they can put it in an page on a web
site and give the URL in their signature.

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On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:10:02 +0900, Thomas Adam wrote:

— “Ara.T.Howard” Ara.T.Howard@noaa.gov wrote:

Could your signature please be elided from this list… it basically
accounts for 25% of your over all mail.

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Harpo : my signature is only 6 bytes length ! But I already planned to put
it on an html page on the web to reduce bandwhith use.