From 500fa5b62dc8ffc92a9a4a7c846dc81c241f7477 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Koefferlein <matthias@koefferlein.de>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 20:42:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid loooong error messages in DRC and LVS by bypassing the
 engine's inspect implementation which emits a lot of internal members

---
 src/drc/drc/built-in-macros/_drc_engine.rb | 5 +++++
 src/lvs/lvs/built-in-macros/_lvs_engine.rb | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/drc/drc/built-in-macros/_drc_engine.rb b/src/drc/drc/built-in-macros/_drc_engine.rb
index bab1f6acd..17edb9e2e 100644
--- a/src/drc/drc/built-in-macros/_drc_engine.rb
+++ b/src/drc/drc/built-in-macros/_drc_engine.rb
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ module DRC
 
     end
 
+    # avoids lengthy error messages
+    def inspect
+      "DRCEngine(...)"
+    end
+
     # for testing
     def force_gc(f)
       @force_gc = f
diff --git a/src/lvs/lvs/built-in-macros/_lvs_engine.rb b/src/lvs/lvs/built-in-macros/_lvs_engine.rb
index ae3807625..2465c2ca7 100644
--- a/src/lvs/lvs/built-in-macros/_lvs_engine.rb
+++ b/src/lvs/lvs/built-in-macros/_lvs_engine.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ module LVS
       super
     end
 
+    # avoids lengthy error messages
+    def inspect
+      "LVSEngine(...)"
+    end
+
     # %LVS%
     # @name netter
     # @brief Creates a new netter object