Prism::Pack::Directive#describe

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.0.0/lib/prism/pack.rb, line 133
def describe
  case type
  when SPACE
    "whitespace"
  when COMMENT
    "comment"
  when INTEGER
    if size == SIZE_8
      base = "#{SIGNED_DESCRIPTIONS[signed]} #{SIZE_DESCRIPTIONS[size]} integer"
    else
      base = "#{SIGNED_DESCRIPTIONS[signed]} #{SIZE_DESCRIPTIONS[size]} #{ENDIAN_DESCRIPTIONS[endian]} integer"
    end
    case length_type
    when LENGTH_FIXED
      if length > 1
        base + ", x#{length}"
      else
        base
      end
    when LENGTH_MAX
      base + ", as many as possible"
    else
      raise
    end
  when UTF8
    "UTF-8 character"
  when BER
    "BER-compressed integer"
  when FLOAT
    "#{SIZE_DESCRIPTIONS[size]} #{ENDIAN_DESCRIPTIONS[endian]} float"
  when STRING_SPACE_PADDED
    "arbitrary binary string (space padded)"
  when STRING_NULL_PADDED
    "arbitrary binary string (null padded, count is width)"
  when STRING_NULL_TERMINATED
    "arbitrary binary string (null padded, count is width), except that null is added with *"
  when STRING_MSB
    "bit string (MSB first)"
  when STRING_LSB
    "bit string (LSB first)"
  when STRING_HEX_HIGH
    "hex string (high nibble first)"
  when STRING_HEX_LOW
    "hex string (low nibble first)"
  when STRING_UU
    "UU-encoded string"
  when STRING_MIME
    "quoted printable, MIME encoding"
  when STRING_BASE64
    "base64 encoded string"
  when STRING_FIXED
    "pointer to a structure (fixed-length string)"
  when STRING_POINTER
    "pointer to a null-terminated string"
  when MOVE
    "move to absolute position"
  when BACK
    "back up a byte"
  when NULL
    "null byte"
  else
    raise
  end
end