method
inspect
ruby latest stable - Class:
Symbol
inspect()public
Returns the representation of sym as a symbol literal.
:fred.inspect #=> ":fred"
static VALUE
sym_inspect(VALUE sym)
{
VALUE str = rb_sym2str(sym);
const char *ptr;
long len;
char *dest;
if (!rb_str_symname_p(str)) {
str = rb_str_inspect(str);
len = RSTRING_LEN(str);
rb_str_resize(str, len + 1);
dest = RSTRING_PTR(str);
memmove(dest + 1, dest, len);
}
else {
rb_encoding *enc = STR_ENC_GET(str);
RSTRING_GETMEM(str, ptr, len);
str = rb_enc_str_new(0, len + 1, enc);
dest = RSTRING_PTR(str);
memcpy(dest + 1, ptr, len);
}
dest[0] = ':';
return str;
}