gistfile1.coffee

# So, I have some class defintiions
# written in coffeescript.  I am writing
# an app in coffeescript, which reads these files
# on disk.  I have access to the coffeescript compiler
# from inside of my app.

class SomeClass
  doSomething: ()->
    1 + 1 = 2
#
# I want to be able to read the contents of
# this file on disk, and then request the body of any
# method definition by name.
#
# in the coffeescript REPL, SomeClass.doSomething.toString()
# returns the compiled javascript, which is expected. but what
# I want is to be able to get the method definition as it was
# written in coffeescript.
#
# I am able to just parse the file, find the line where a method
# is defined, and then work off of indentation, but this doesn't
# feel correct to me.

You're also going to introduce (inconsequential) whitespace differences. What you really need is an AST that preserves the concrete syntax that caused the parser to create it. For that, you're either going to have to wait for my kickstarter to be done or fork CS and do it yourself.