attr_reader-generated getter methods silently ignored any arguments
passed to them. CRuby raises ArgumentError in this case.
Add mrb_get_args(mrb, "") to enforce zero arguments, matching CRuby.
The technique is called "double dispatch" (that was popular in
Smalltalk), but it does not work well with mruby. It's slower and
consumes more memory. Even thought `#append_features` defined in ISO
standard (15.2.2.4.11), we decided to remove it. Strictly speaking, it
is mruby limitation. And it should be documented clearly.
There was a problem with visibility state from proc that straddles a fiber or is independent.
Therefore, it has been changed to give priority to env objects, if any.
Also, added "separate module" flag to block traversal to a higher level env object.
Note that the "separate module" flag is now set when calling blocks with the `mrb_yield_with_class()` function.
fixed https://github.com/mruby/mruby/issues/6494
This will be a partial merge of #5317 with the following changes.
- Remove `iclass->iv_c` since `iclass->iv_c` is equivalent to `iclass->c`.
- `class_iv_ptr()` returns a single pointer instead of a double pointer.
The GitHub Super Linter is a more robust and better supported
tool than the current GitHub Actions we are using.
Running these checks:
ERROR_ON_MISSING_EXEC_BIT: true
VALIDATE_BASH: true
VALIDATE_BASH_EXEC: true
VALIDATE_EDITORCONFIG: true
VALIDATE_MARKDOWN: true
VALIDATE_SHELL_SHFMT: true
VALIDATE_YAML: true
https://github.com/marketplace/actions/super-linterhttps://github.com/github/super-linter
Added the GitHub Super Linter badge to the README.
Also updated the pre-commit framework and added
more documentation on pre-commit.
Added one more pre-commit check: check-executables-have-shebangs
Added one extra check for merge conflicts to our
GitHub Actions.
EditorConfig and Markdown linting.
Minor grammar and spelling fixes.
Update linter.yml
## Implementation Summary
* Only keys and only values of hash table are contiguous to eliminate
structure padding.
* Change upper limit of `iv_tbl` size to `UINT16_MAX` (it seems to be
acceptable in mruby because the total number of classes/modules
immediately after starting Redmine is 20,000 or less).
* `iv_tbl*` point hash buckets directly.
## Benchmark Summary
Only the results of typical situations on 64-bit Word-boxing are present
here. For more detailed information, including consideration, see below
report (although most of the body is written in Japanese).
* https://shuujii.github.io/mruby-iv-benchmark
### Memory Usage
Lower value is better.
| iv_tbl Size | Baseline | New | Factor |
|------------:|---------------:|---------------:|-----------:|
| 4 | 88B | 52B | 0.59091x |
| 30 | 536B | 388B | 0.72388x |
| 100 | 2072B | 1540B | 0.74324x |
| 200 | 4120B | 3076B | 0.74660x |
Although not mentioned in the above report, the memory usage of `mrbtest`
(full-core gembox) is as follows in the result by Valgrind.
* Baseline: 108,086 allocs, 16,313,122 bytes allocated
* New: 94,273 allocs, 15,875,214 bytes allocated
### Performance
Higher value is better.
#### `mrb_obj_iv_set`
| iv_tbl Size | Baseline | New | Factor |
|------------:|---------------:|---------------:|-----------:|
| 4 | 88.63003M i/s | 92.60611M i/s | 1.04486x |
| 30 | 32.97066M i/s | 25.25095M i/s | 0.76586x |
| 100 | 16.33224M i/s | 22.74998M i/s | 1.39295x |
| 200 | 5.64484M i/s | 6.79949M i/s | 1.20455x |
#### `mrb_obj_iv_get`
| iv_tbl Size | Baseline | New | Factor |
|------------:|---------------:|---------------:|-----------:|
| 4 | 217.58391M i/s | 237.59912M i/s | 1.09199x |
| 30 | 139.56195M i/s | 160.49470M i/s | 1.14999x |
| 100 | 143.09716M i/s | 190.95047M i/s | 1.33441x |
| 200 | 89.75291M i/s | 134.78717M i/s | 1.50176x |
### Binary Size
Lower value is better.
| File | Baseline | New | Factor |
|:------------|---------------:|---------------:|-----------:|
| mruby | 697,520B | 697,520B | 1.00000x |
| libmruby.a | 1,046,570B | 1,046,682B | 0.99989x |
## Note
The address in `struct RObject::iv` may change after initialization because
`iv_tbl*` points directly to hash buckets. Therefore, the address cannot be
copied and shared when include/prepend. So, when sharing `iv_tbl`, refer to
it via the sharing source class. As a result, the following bug have also
been fixed.
* [An `iv_tbl` is not shared when a class includes or prepends an empty module](https://gist.github.com/shuujii/0ac23fa24b0c55b2c602b534d81e4a95)
* The `Fixnum` constant is now an alias for the `Integer` class.
* Remove `struct mrb_state::fixnum_class` member.
If necessary, use `struct mrb_state::integer_class` instead.
Before this patch:
$ bin/mruby -e 'p Module.new.freeze.dup.frozen?' #=> true
After this patch (same as Ruby):
$ bin/mruby -e 'p Module.new.freeze.dup.frozen?' #=> false
We assume meta-programming is less used in embedded environments.
We have moved following methods:
* Kernel module
global_variables, local_variables, singleton_class,
instance_variables, instance_variables_defined?, instance_variable_get,
instance_variable_set, methods, private_methods, public_methods,
protected_methods, singleton_methods, define_singleton_methods
* Module class
class_variables, class_variables_defined?, class_variable_get,
class_variable_set, remove_class_variable, included_modules,
instance_methods, remove_method, method_removed, constants
* Module class methods
constants, nesting
Note:
Following meta-programming methods are kept in the core:
* Module class
alias_method, undef_method, ancestors, const_defined?, const_get,
const_set, remove_const, method_defined?, define_method
* Toplevel object
define_method
`mruby-metaprog` gem is linked by default (specified in default.gembox).
When it is removed, it will save 40KB (stripped:8KB) on x86-64
environment last time I measured.