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Makes a list of existing constants private.

Makes a list of existing constants deprecated. Attempt to refer to them will produce a warning.

module HTTP
  NotFound = Exception.new
  NOT_FOUND = NotFound # previous version of the library used this name

  deprecate_constant :NOT_FOUND
end

HTTP::NOT_FOUND
# warning: constant HTTP::NOT_FOUND is deprecated

Returns true if the given calendar date is valid, and false if not. Valid in this context is whether the arguments passed to this method would be accepted by ::new.

Date.valid_date?(2001,2,3)        #=> true
Date.valid_date?(2001,2,29)       #=> false
Date.valid_date?(2001,2,-1)       #=> true

See also ::jd and ::civil.

Returns self.

Returns a DateTime object which denotes self.

Returns a Date object which denotes self.

Returns self.

Returns a Date object which denotes self.

Returns a DateTime object which denotes self.

Returns true if this class can be used to create an instance from a serialised JSON string. The class has to implement a class method json_create that expects a hash as first parameter. The hash should include the required data.

Returns garbage collector generation for the given object.

class B
  include ObjectSpace

  def foo
    trace_object_allocations do
      obj = Object.new
      p "Generation is #{allocation_generation(obj)}"
    end
  end
end

B.new.foo #=> "Generation is 3"

See ::trace_object_allocations for more information and examples.

Takes a hash as its argument. The key is a symbol or an array of symbols. These symbols correspond to method names, instance variable names, or constant names (see def_delegator). The value is the accessor to which the methods will be delegated.

How String Gem paths should be split. Overridable for esoteric platforms.

Returns the status of the last executed child process in the current thread.

Process.wait Process.spawn("ruby", "-e", "exit 13")
Process.last_status   #=> #<Process::Status: pid 4825 exit 13>

If no child process has ever been executed in the current thread, this returns nil.

Process.last_status   #=> nil

True if the gems in the system satisfy dependency.

Downloads uri to path if necessary. If no path is given, it just passes the data.

Expire memoized instance variables that can incorrectly generate, replace or miss files due changes in certain attributes used to compute them.