Look up all descendants of a class in Ruby

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Here is an example:

class Parent
  def self.descendants
    ObjectSpace.each_object(Class).select { |klass| klass < self }
  end
end

class Child < Parent
end

class GrandChild < Child
end

puts Parent.descendants
puts Child.descendants

puts Parent.descendants gives you:

GrandChild
Child

puts Child.descendants gives you:

GrandChild

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