class Byebug::IrbCommand

Enter IRB from byebug's prompt

Public Class Methods

description() click to toggle source
# File lib/byebug/commands/irb.rb, line 17
    def self.description
      <<-DESCRIPTION
        irb

        #{short_description}
      DESCRIPTION
    end
regexp() click to toggle source
# File lib/byebug/commands/irb.rb, line 13
def self.regexp
  /^\s* irb \s*$/x
end
short_description() click to toggle source
# File lib/byebug/commands/irb.rb, line 25
def self.short_description
  "Starts an IRB session"
end

Public Instance Methods

execute() click to toggle source
# File lib/byebug/commands/irb.rb, line 29
def execute
  return errmsg(pr("base.errors.only_local")) unless processor.interface.instance_of?(LocalInterface)

  # @todo IRB tries to parse $ARGV so we must clear it (see #197). Add a
  #   test case for it so we can remove this comment.
  with_clean_argv { IRB.start }
end

Private Instance Methods

with_clean_argv() { || ... } click to toggle source
# File lib/byebug/commands/irb.rb, line 39
def with_clean_argv
  saved_argv = $ARGV.dup
  $ARGV.clear
  begin
    yield
  ensure
    $ARGV.concat(saved_argv)
  end
end