begin require 'rubygems' unless defined? Gem require 'irbtools' rescue LoadError $stderr.puts "Please install 'irbtools' or add it to your Gemfile" end class Object # Return a list of methods defined locally for a particular object. Useful # for seeing what it does whilst losing all the guff that's implemented # by its parents (eg Object). def local_methods(obj = self) (obj.methods - obj.class.superclass.instance_methods).sort end end