mod.to_s   → string

Return a string representing this module or class. For basic classes and modules, this is the name. For singletons, we show information on the thing we’re attached to as well.

Source Code

/*
* call-seq:
*   mod.to_s   => string
*
* Return a string representing this module or class. For basic
* classes and modules, this is the name. For singletons, we
* show information on the thing we're attached to as well.
*/

static VALUE
rb_mod_to_s(klass)
   VALUE klass;

{
   if (FL_TEST(klass, FL_SINGLETON)) {
       VALUE s = rb_str_new2("#<");
       VALUE v = rb_iv_get(klass, "__attached__");

       rb_str_cat2(s, "Class:");
       switch (TYPE(v)) {
         case T_CLASS: case T_MODULE:
           rb_str_append(s, rb_inspect(v));
           break;
         default:
           rb_str_append(s, rb_any_to_s(v));
           break;
       }
       rb_str_cat2(s, ">");

       return s;
   }
   return rb_str_dup(rb_class_name(klass));
}