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mruby-mruby/mrbgems/mruby-compiler
Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto cbe01d574c mruby-compiler: simplify case statement implementation and fix infinite loop bug
- Remove obsolete NODE_ARGS_TAIL enum value and all references
- Simplify mrb_ast_case_node from variable-sized array back to simple cons-list structure
- Update new_case() function to use original cons-list approach instead of flattening
- Fix infinite loop in gen_case_var() when case statements have no matching clauses
- Improve code readability by renaming pos3 to case_end_jumps in gen_case_var()
- Restore memory-efficient case statement parsing without complex array management

The variable-sized array approach for case nodes provided no memory benefit
since cons lists aren't recycled. This change restores the simpler original
implementation while fixing a critical bug that caused mrbtest to hang
on "register window of calls" test.

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2025-10-03 19:46:18 +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