Starting an IRB session inside a Ruby script

As of Ruby 2.4.0, you can start an interactive IRB session inside any Ruby script using these lines:

require 'irb'
binding.irb

This will start an IBR REPL where you will have the expected value for self and you will be able to access all local variables and instance variables that are in scope. Type Ctrl+D or quit in order to resume your Ruby program.

This can be very useful for debugging.