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Module: RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree

Relationships & Source Files
Namespace Children
Classes:
Node
Defined in: ast.rb,
ast.c

Overview

AbstractSyntaxTree provides methods to parse Ruby code into abstract syntax trees. The nodes in the tree are instances of Node.

This class is MRI specific as it exposes implementation details of the MRI abstract syntax tree.

This class is experimental and its API is not stable, therefore it might change without notice. As examples, the order of children nodes is not guaranteed, the number of children nodes might change, there is no way to access children nodes by name, etc.

If you are looking for a stable API or an API working under multiple Ruby implementations, consider using the parser gem or Ripper. If you would like to make AbstractSyntaxTree stable, please join the discussion at bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14844.

Class Method Summary

Class Method Details

.of(proc) ⇒ AbstractSyntaxTree .of(method) ⇒ AbstractSyntaxTree

Returns AST nodes of the given proc or method.

RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree.of(proc {1 + 2})
# => #<RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree::Node:SCOPE@1:35-1:42>

def hello
  puts "hello, world"
end

RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree.of(method(:hello))
# => #<RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree::Node:SCOPE@1:0-3:3>
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# File 'ast.rb', line 68



def self.of body
  __builtin_ast_s_of body
end


  








  

    .parse(string)  ⇒ AbstractSyntaxTree   



  

    

Parses the given string into an abstract syntax tree, returning the root node of that tree.



::SyntaxError is raised if the given string is invalid syntax.



RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree.parse("x = 1 + 2")
# => #<RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree::Node:SCOPE@1:0-1:9>


  



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# File 'ast.rb', line 34



def self.parse string
  __builtin_ast_s_parse string
end


  








  

    .parse_file(pathname)  ⇒ AbstractSyntaxTree   



  

    

Reads the file from pathname, then parses it like .parse, returning the root node of the abstract syntax tree.



::SyntaxError is raised if pathname’s contents are not valid Ruby syntax.



RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree.parse_file("my-app/app.rb")
# => #<RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree::Node:SCOPE@1:0-31:3>


  



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# File 'ast.rb', line 49



def self.parse_file pathname
  __builtin_ast_s_parse_file pathname
end