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mruby-mruby/mrbgems/mruby-compiler
Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto 7836af0d52 mruby-compiler: add variable-sized simple node support
add variable-sized node structures for simple nodes (self, nil, true,
false, const) with conditional usage based on var_nodes_enabled.
singleton nodes use only 8-byte header for maximum memory efficiency.
includes proper forward declarations, casting macros, creation functions,
and codegen support maintaining compatibility with existing functions.

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2025-10-03 19:46:04 +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