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instance method
BigDecimal#_dump
_dump → string
ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.c
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static VALUE
BigDecimal_dump(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
ENTER(5);
Real *vp;
char *psz;
VALUE dummy;
volatile VALUE dump;
size_t len;
rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &dummy);
GUARD_OBJ(vp,GetVpValue(self, 1));
dump = rb_str_new(0, VpNumOfChars(vp, "E")+50);
psz = RSTRING_PTR(dump);
snprintf(psz, RSTRING_LEN(dump), "%"PRIuSIZE":", VpMaxPrec(vp)*VpBaseFig());
len = strlen(psz);
VpToString(vp, psz+len, RSTRING_LEN(dump)-len, 0, 0);
rb_str_resize(dump, strlen(psz));
return dump;
}
Returns a string representing the marshalling of self. See module Marshal.
Example
inf = BigDecimal('Infinity') # => Infinity dumped = inf._dump # => "9:Infinity" BigDecimal._load(dumped) # => Infinity