class Byebug::IrbCommand

Enter IRB from byebug's prompt

Public Class Methods

description() click to toggle source
# File lib/byebug/commands/irb.rb, line 15
def self.description
  <<-EOD
    irb

    #{short_description}
  EOD
end
regexp() click to toggle source
# File lib/byebug/commands/irb.rb, line 11
def self.regexp
  /^\s* irb \s*$/x
end
short_description() click to toggle source
# File lib/byebug/commands/irb.rb, line 23
def self.short_description
  'Starts an IRB session'
end

Public Instance Methods

execute() click to toggle source
# File lib/byebug/commands/irb.rb, line 27
def execute
  unless processor.interface.is_a?(LocalInterface)
    return errmsg(pr('base.errors.only_local'))
  end

  # IRB tries to parse ARGV so we must clear it.  See issue 197
  with_clean_argv { IRB.start(__FILE__) }
end

Private Instance Methods

with_clean_argv() { || ... } click to toggle source
# File lib/byebug/commands/irb.rb, line 38
def with_clean_argv
  saved_argv = ARGV.dup
  ARGV.clear
  begin
    yield
  ensure
    ARGV.concat(saved_argv)
  end
end