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mruby-mruby/mrbgems/mruby-compiler
Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto b07518e85c parse.y: implement &nil in formal parameters
`&nil` is recently introduced in CRuby to explicitly declare that
a method does not accept a block. When a block is passed,
ArgumentError "no block accepted" is raised. This is analogous to
`**nil` for keyword arguments.

The noblock flag is encoded in bit 23 of OP_ENTER's aspec operand
(24=n1:m5:o5:r1:m5:k5:d1:b1), avoiding the need for a new opcode.

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-19 16:54:17 +09:00
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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