U:RDoc::AnyMethod[iI"irb:ETI"Binding#irb;TF:publico:RDoc::Markup::Document:@parts[o:RDoc::Markup::Paragraph;	[I"IOpens an IRB session where +binding.irb+ is called which allows for ;TI"Ointeractive debugging. You can call any methods or variables available in ;TI"8the current scope, and mutate state if you need to.;To:RDoc::Markup::BlankLineo;
;	[I"HGiven a Ruby file called +potato.rb+ containing the following code:;T@o:RDoc::Markup::Verbatim;	[I"class Potato
;TI"  def initialize
;TI"    @cooked = false
;TI"    binding.irb
;TI"*    puts "Cooked potato: #{@cooked}"
;TI"  end
;TI"	end
;TI"
;TI"Potato.new
;T:@format0o;
;	[I"HRunning <code>ruby potato.rb</code> will open an IRB session where ;TI"=+binding.irb+ is called, and you will see the following:;T@o;;	[I"$ ruby potato.rb
;TI"
;TI" From: potato.rb @ line 4 :
;TI"
;TI"    1: class Potato
;TI"    2:   def initialize
;TI"     3:     @cooked = false
;TI" => 4:     binding.irb
;TI"1    5:     puts "Cooked potato: #{@cooked}"
;TI"    6:   end
;TI"    7: end
;TI"    8:
;TI"    9: Potato.new
;TI"
;TI".irb(#<Potato:0x00007feea1916670>):001:0>
;T;
0o;
;	[I"NYou can type any valid Ruby code and it will be evaluated in the current ;TI"Rcontext. This allows you to debug without having to run your code repeatedly:;T@o;;	[
I"6irb(#<Potato:0x00007feea1916670>):001:0> @cooked
;TI"=> false
;TI"9irb(#<Potato:0x00007feea1916670>):002:0> self.class
;TI"=> Potato
;TI";irb(#<Potato:0x00007feea1916670>):003:0> caller.first
;TI"A=> ".../2.5.1/lib/ruby/2.5.0/irb/workspace.rb:85:in `eval'"
;TI"=irb(#<Potato:0x00007feea1916670>):004:0> @cooked = true
;TI"
=> true
;T;
0o;
;	[I"RYou can exit the IRB session with the +exit+ command. Note that exiting will ;TI"Qresume execution where +binding.irb+ had paused it, as you can see from the ;TI"7output printed to standard output in this example:;T@o;;	[I"3irb(#<Potato:0x00007feea1916670>):005:0> exit
;TI"Cooked potato: true
;T;
0o;
;	[I",See IRB@IRB+Usage for more information.;T:
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