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+module ActionView
+ module Helpers
+ # Provides a set of methods for making it easier to locate problems.
+ module DebugHelper
+ # Returns a <pre>-tag set with the +object+ dumped by YAML. Very readable way to inspect an object.
+ def debug(object)
+ begin
+ Marshal::dump(object)
+ "<pre class='debug_dump'>#{h(object.to_yaml).gsub(" ", "&nbsp; ")}</pre>"
+ rescue Object => e
+ # Object couldn't be dumped, perhaps because of singleton methods -- this is the fallback
+ "<code class='debug_dump'>#{h(object.inspect)}</code>"
+ end
+ end
+ end
+ end
+end \ No newline at end of file