getting the arity

[Jeff Mitchell]

Hi,

I would like to get the arity of a method. However, arity is a method
of Method, and I can only get a Method from the method method of Object
(phew!).

So it appears impossible to get the arity of a method in a class
without making an instance of that class. Is this true?

A hypothetical use would be to print out all classes with their arity
at a given time during execution (and making dummy instances could
cause unwanted side-effects).

-qs

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[Harry Ohlsen]

Hi,

I would like to get the arity of a method. However, arity is a method
of Method, and I can only get a Method from the method method of Object
(phew!).

So it appears impossible to get the arity of a method in a class
without making an instance of that class. Is this true?

A hypothetical use would be to print out all classes with their arity
at a given time during execution (and making dummy instances could
cause unwanted side-effects).

Here's a starting point. Note that, of course, you get a lot more methods than you bargained for, because it will show you all the inherited methods, too.

Hope it helps.

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def dump_methods(klass)
klass.methods.each do |name|
method = Fred.method(name)

puts "#{name} arity #{method.arity}"
end
end

class Fred
def f(a, b, c)
end

def g(x)
end
end

dump_methods Fred