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mruby-mruby/mrbgems/mruby-compiler
Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto 9123ef46eb vm: add OP_SEND0 and OP_SSEND0 for zero-argument method calls
These opcodes use BB format instead of BBB, saving 1 byte per call.
In the standard library, this saves ~790 bytes (568 SEND0 + 222 SSEND0).

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-01-27 14:57:27 +09:00
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2025-07-02 07:14:04 +09:00

mruby-compiler

This mrbgem provides the mruby compiler, which is responsible for parsing Ruby code and generating mruby bytecode.

Functionality

The mruby-compiler gem includes the following components:

  • Parser: Translates Ruby source code into an abstract syntax tree (AST).
  • Code Generator: Traverses the AST to produce executable mruby bytecode.
  • mrbc executable: A command-line tool for compiling .rb files into .mrb bytecode files.

Usage

The mrbc (mruby-bin-mrbc) executable will generate compiled binary from Ruby programs via this gem.

Example of using mrbc:

# Compile a Ruby script to bytecode
bin/mrbc my_script.rb

# Run the compiled script
bin/mruby my_script.mrb