Previously, `libmruby.a` was created even if only `mruby-bin-mrbc` or`
mruby-compiler` was specified for gem, but by specifying `disable_libmruby`,
the creation of `libmruby.a` can be suppressed.
### Note
The https://github.com/mruby/mruby/pull/5084#issuecomment-723521971
incompatibility seems to be difficult for users to avoid, so the original
behavior has been restored. Therefore, if we need `mrbc` other than the
`host` build, we need to explicitly specify `mruby-bin-mrbc` gem.
Due to the above changes, `build_config/boxing.rb` etc. will not work, but I
have added` mruby-bin-mrbc` to `default.gembox` to fix it. I don't think
this change is a big deal because originally `mruby-compiler` was included.
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.
Inline structures have no instance variables, no finalizer, and offer as much space as possible in RBASIC object. This means 24 bytes on 64-bit platforms and 12 bytes on 32-bit platforms.
mruby-inline-struct gem is only provided for testing.
KOBAYASHI Shuji