Bug #6666: Documentation Improve - rdoc does not know where rb_obj_methods is (#methods)

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: drbrain (Eric Hodel)
• Target version: 1.9.3
• ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p194

[shevegen (Robert A. Heiler)]

Hi.

It seems there is no simple online documentation available what
#methods is doing in Ruby:

can't find #methods anywhere in the docs
really strange
the docs are normally quite thorough

Upon looking at this, we saw the method defined first in
object.c here:

object.c: rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "methods", rb_obj_methods, -1);

https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/object.c#L2897

Referring to:

class.c: rb_obj_methods(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)

class.c has the proper rdoc documentation for #methods there.
But this does not seem to show up in the online docu.

On IRC, Mon_Ouie said that a reference is missing in order
to make this work:

class.c has the rdoc docu though
<Mon_Ouie> All that's missing is the /* in class.c / comment
<Mon_Ouie> to make rdoc find the method
<Mon_Ouie> Yeah, the method is documented, but RDoc doesn't know in what file it is defined, since it's not object.c
<Mon_Ouie> So it needs a / in class.c */ comment to know where to look for it

My request:

Could class.c include this comment so that the online documentation will point
to the proper #methods documentation?

[mame (Yusuke Endoh)]

• Status changed from Open to Assigned
• Assignee set to drbrain (Eric Hodel)

Maybe the comment is needed after rb_define_method, not in class.c?

• rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "methods", rb_obj_methods, -1);

• rb_define_method(rb_mKernel, "methods", rb_obj_methods, -1); /* in class.c */

Eric, could you check this?

--
Yusuke Endoh [e-mail]

[drbrain (Eric Hodel)]

• Status changed from Assigned to Closed
• % Done changed from 0 to 100

This issue was solved with changeset r36272.
markus, thank you for reporting this issue.
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.
May Ruby be with you.

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• object.c (Init_Object): Added RDoc location pointers for
  Kernel#methods, Kernel#protected_methods, Kernel#private_methods and
  Kernel#public_methods. [Bug #6666]