jasonrudolph · February 13, 2010 02:03 · Feb 11, 2010
diff --git a/my_methods.irbrc.rb b/my_methods.irbrc.rb
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+# Put this in your .irbrc, and then type
+# "some_object.my_methods" in an IRB session
+# for less noisy exploration of what objects
+# can do.
+
+class Object
+  def my_methods
+    base_object = case self
+                  when Class  then Class.new
+                  when Module then Module.new
+                  else             Object.new
+                  end
+    (methods - base_object.methods).sort
+  end
+end