How can I find unused methods in a Ruby app?

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Published on 2010-06-02T14:03:43Z Indexed on 2010/06/02 23:54 UTC
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I have a Ruby app with a lot of classes/modules, and some of them are not used. Is there an easy way of finding out which?

I was thinking to do a profile, and then work with it's output. Any other ideas?

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