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Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto ac02635ba5 mruby-compiler: add infrastructure for variable-sized ast nodes

This commit introduces the core infrastructure for variable-sized AST
nodes, designed to improve memory efficiency. The previous fixed-size
nodes are replaced by nodes that can store data inline, such as
strings and integers, reducing pointer indirection and memory overhead.

Key changes include:
- A generic variable-sized node header (`mrb_ast_var_header`).
- A size-class-based memory allocation system for these nodes.
- Implementation of variable-sized nodes for core types: symbols,
  strings, integers, and variables (lvar, gvar, ivar, cvar).
- Integration into the parser and code generator, controlled by a
  feature flag.
- Centralized and improved type-casting macros for AST nodes.

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

2025-10-03 19:46:03 +09:00

core

mruby-compiler: add infrastructure for variable-sized ast nodes

2025-10-03 19:46:03 +09:00

mrbgem.rake

Separating the build setup portion from the GEMS setup block

2025-09-11 22:53:06 +09:00

README.md

mruby-compiler: add README.md │

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README.md

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