Devel::Which - locate a symbol/library in the user's namespace/path
require 'devel/which'
File.which_constant("TRUNC") #=> File::Constants
Fixnum.which_method("nonzero?") #=> Numeric
which_library("net/http") #=> (the path where the net/http exists)
whereis_library("forwardable") #=> [(path, ... )]
Devel::Which provides an effective definition finder, for
example, Fixnum#nonzero? is defined at Numeric and
Fixnum.which_method("nonzero?") returns Numeric.
Devel::Which::VERSION
Stands for the version of Devel::Which.
Module::which_constant(name)
Returns Devel::Which::ForModule::which_constant(self, name). This method is defined in devel/which.
Class::which_method(name)
Returns Devel::Which::ForClass::which_method(self, name). This method is defined in devel/which.
Object::which_library(name)
Returns Devel::Which::ForObject::which_library(name). This method is defined in devel/which.
Returns Devel::Which::ForObject::whereis_library(name). This method is defined in devel/which.
Devel::Which::ForModule::which_constant(mod, name)
Returns a Module where the constant name is defined. This method is defined in devel/which/formodule.
Devel::Which::ForClass::which_method(mod, name)
Returns a Class where the method name is defined. This method is defined in devel/which/forclass.
Devel::Which::ForObject::which_library(name)
Returns a file name where the library name exists. This method is defined in devel/which/forobject.
Devel::Which::ForObject::whereis_library(name)
Returns an Array consists of file names where the library name exists. This method is defined in devel/which/forobject.
GOTO Kentaro aka Gotoken <gotoken at notwork dot org>
2002-01-15: VERSION 0.1.1 - added whereis_library (inspired by eban).
2002-01-13: VERSION 0.1.0