Ruby debug output - switch on/off easily

Question

When I write draft and experimental code in Erlang I usually use this:

%%% Switch debugging output on/off:
-define(DBG(Str, Args), ok).
%-define(DBG(Str, Args), io:format(Str, Args)).

Commenting out just one line of code switches the debugging output to the console on and off.

?DBG("DEBUG: The function started ~n", [])

Thus I can use commenting in the code heavily.

Does something similar exist in Ruby?

Setting Logger.level doesn't work for you? http://rubydoc.info/stdlib/logger/1.9.2/Logger:level — Mladen Jablanović, Dec 27 '11 at 19:10

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 27 '11 at 20:20

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Ruby Learning's section on logging might be helpful.

answered Dec 27 '11 at 20:20

ezkl

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