SIRB

Connect to a central ruby interpreter.

• sirb command history
• objects and classes persist across session
• variable scope is shared between users

How to use

gems

• (debian/ubuntu: libreadline-ruby)
• activesupport (2.3.2)
• builder (2.1.2)
• choctop (0.9.6)
• crack (0.1.2)
• echoe (3.1.1)
• highline (1.5.1)
• httparty (0.4.3)
• json (1.1.6)
• RedCloth (4.1.9)
• rubyforge (1.0.3)

ruby sirb_client.rb hostname port

Example session

sirb(main):8D42)> vi
class A
  def poo
  end
end
:wq
=>nil

sirb(main:8D42)> A.new
=> #<SIRB::A:0x50a780>

sirb(main:8D42)> vi t.rb
class A
  def poo
  end
end
:wq
...

sirb(main:8D42)> vi t.rb
:%s/A/B/g
:wq

sirb(main:8D42)> B.new
=> <SIRB::B>

sirb(main:8D42)> ObjectSpace.each_object(SIRB) { |sirb| y sirb }
--- !ruby/object:SIRB 
context: !ruby/object:Binding {}

history: 
  0DAE8F54-C575-4C79-BE19-CC39E577FD60: 
  - ""
  E2C4DFC2-E87E-4A5B-BA70-F434D77BFBB0: 
  - ""
  B4500BD2-EBBC-4499-9CBB-F424DD46B36B: 
  - "2"
  56059848-2149-409E-B01D-294B33CC8D27: 
  - s
  88D42B95-9980-4301-87BE-34737C073609: 
  - asdf
  - "1"
  - asdf
  - Asdf
  - Asdf
  - A
  - B
  - "clsas "
  - class B; end
  - B
  1DA49301-0E73-48D1-A407-0A32A29F5CD6: 
  - "1"
  3093621A-DA36-4622-B684-F7AEF0B306C8: 
  - ""
  2A4E8D47-0C3C-4126-814F-A3475D8598EB: 
  - a
  BF3A500F-1A86-4507-B8A2-07F8B371F910: 
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  0991B9B7-6EEA-4D4A-B647-63A7C4FE877D: 
  - "3"
  26BCCC2E-6B9B-4ABB-9523-3418A2D842CF: 
  - a
  - s
  - "1"
  - "2"
  - "3"
  - "4"
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - "31"
  - ""
  - ""
  - a
  - "345"
  - "31"
  - |
    class A
    def initialize
    end
    end

  - A.new
  - |
    class A
    def initialize
    end
    end

  - a
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - a
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - a
  - a
  - A
  - |
    class A; end

  - a
  - A
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  - ""
  73292041-E0B0-404A-BADB-236CBAA15FAD: 
  - ""
  C8A59F7C-2E7F-4CAE-87A0-908385FDA670: 
  - ""
  084630B1-0F92-4A4E-B54C-1F5536065548: 
  - "4"
  F33A74CE-BB52-46B5-9CF0-207477C380E2: 
  - s
  E6E85800-9992-4960-AC08-5C6E03CA9A04: 
  - ""
  9B6F85EA-C0B8-4D95-AF70-3239C189B300: 
  - "1"
  7DF3CF4D-250C-4612-AA05-DF7B641EC5AA: 
  - b
  8295CB2C-935E-49E2-840F-57CC5A19DDAA: 
  - ""
  BA0B046C-D63C-4641-B94C-8A3754FA3C4A: 
  - "2"
  36B8BD4B-73E2-4315-BC1A-C222DFE18A48: 
  - ""
  B04BC712-5CA3-461D-8F81-9F5B07AAEF3E: 
  - ""
  05340ACB-B6DD-446B-8107-8450DDFBD466: 
  - a
  47AE545D-D4C9-42FA-9FE4-570E7930246B: 
  - "1"
  - "2"
  - "3"
  - "4"
  - A.new
  - a
  - "1"
  - |
    class Fart
      def initialize
        p 'wee'
      end
    end

  - Fart.new
  - ObjectSpace.each_object(SIRB) { |sirb| p sirb }
  - ObjectSpace.each_object(SIRB) { |sirb| p sirb.history }
  - ObjectSpace.each_object(SIRB) { |sirb| p sirb.instance_eval { @history } }
  - ObjectSpace.each_object(SIRB) { |sirb| p sirb.instance_eval { @history.last } }
  - ObjectSpace.each_object(SIRB) { |sirb| p sirb.instance_eval { @history. } }
  - self
  - session
  - session_id
  - ObjectSpace.each_object(SIRB) { |sirb| p sirb.instance_eval { @history } }
  - ObjectSpace.each_object(SIRB) { |sirb| p sirb.instance_eval { @history } }
  - ObjectSpace.each_object(SIRB) { |sirb| p sirb }
  - ObjectSpace.each_object(SIRB) { |sirb| p sirb }
  - ObjectSpace.each_object(SIRB) { |sirb| p sirb.inspect }
  - ObjectSpace.each_object(SIRB) { |sirb| y sirb }
  9F682879-96DF-4915-B43E-93ECF6111A9E: 
  - ""
mutex: !ruby/object:Mutex {}
=> 1