debug_inspector

A Ruby wrapper for the Ruby 2.0+ debug_inspector C API

The debug_inspector C extension and API were designed and built by Koichi Sasada, this project is just a gemification of his work.

NOTES:

• Do not use this library outside of debugging situations.
• This library makes use of the debug inspector API which was new in CRuby 2.0.0.
• Only works on CRuby 2+ and TruffleRuby. Requiring it on unsupported Rubies will result in a no-op.

Usage

require 'debug_inspector'

# Open debug context
# Passed `dc' is only active in a block
DebugInspector.open { |dc|
  # backtrace locations (returns an array of Thread::Backtrace::Location objects)
  locs = dc.backtrace_locations

  # you can get depth of stack frame with `locs.size'
  locs.size.times do |i|
    # binding of i-th caller frame (returns a Binding object or nil)
    p dc.frame_binding(i)

    # iseq of i-th caller frame (returns a RubyVM::InstructionSequence object or nil)
    p dc.frame_iseq(i)

    # class of i-th caller frame
    p dc.frame_class(i)
  end
}

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb and in debug_inspector.gemspec, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contact

Problems or questions contact me at github

License

The debug_inspector is released under the MIT License.