From 4f69926f75cd90822408c915c2b4ec637c749dd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: drbrain Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 21:41:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * object.c (Init_Object): Restored Kernel documentation based on Pickaxe book documentation. Patch by Zachary Scott. [ruby-trunk - Feature #6521] git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@35856 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e --- ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ object.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 0ffe727ec1..528b38b78a 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +Fri Jun 1 06:40:25 2012 Eric Hodel + + * object.c (Init_Object): Restored Kernel documentation based on + Pickaxe book documentation. Patch by Zachary Scott. + [ruby-trunk - Feature #6521] + Fri Jun 1 06:29:42 2012 Eric Hodel * object.c (rb_equal): Let Object be a link in #=== documentation. diff --git a/object.c b/object.c index e1ad798480..daa7015254 100644 --- a/object.c +++ b/object.c @@ -2845,6 +2845,18 @@ Init_Object(void) rb_define_private_method(rb_cBasicObject, "singleton_method_removed", rb_obj_dummy, 1); rb_define_private_method(rb_cBasicObject, "singleton_method_undefined", rb_obj_dummy, 1); + /* Document-module: Kernel + * + * The Kernel module is included by class Object, so its methods are + * available in every Ruby object. + * + * The Kernel instance methods are documented in class Object while the + * module methods are documented here. These methods are called without a + * receiver and thus can be called in functional form: + * + * sprintf "%.1f", 1.234 #=> "1.2" + * + */ rb_mKernel = rb_define_module("Kernel"); rb_include_module(rb_cObject, rb_mKernel); rb_define_private_method(rb_cClass, "inherited", rb_obj_dummy, 1);