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Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto ebc10f3c57 Add NODE_BEGIN for explicit begin...end blocks
This commit introduces NODE_BEGIN as a distinct AST node type for
explicit begin...end blocks, separate from NODE_STMTS which represents
general statement sequences. This distinction will be essential for
implementing CRuby-compatible begin...end while/until constructs.

Key changes:
- Added NODE_BEGIN enum in node.h
- Added new_begin() function in parse.y using optimized cons() structure
- Modified begin...end grammar rule to generate NODE_BEGIN nodes
- Added NODE_BEGIN codegen support in codegen.c
- Added NODE_BEGIN to parser dump functionality

NODE_BEGIN uses a simpler cons() structure instead of list2() for
better memory efficiency, as it only contains a single body node.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2025-07-11 10:09:34 +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