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Embedded mruby/Ruby for Crystal
https://github.com/anyolite/anyolite
crystal mruby ruby scripting
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Embedded mruby/Ruby for Crystal
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/anyolite/anyolite
- Owner: Anyolite
- License: mit
- Created: 2020-07-23T20:07:51.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-04-22T12:47:29.000Z (7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-04-22T12:51:24.205Z (7 months ago)
- Topics: crystal, mruby, ruby, scripting
- Language: Crystal
- Homepage: https://anyolite.github.io/anyolite
- Size: 1.48 MB
- Stars: 159
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 9
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: Changelog.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Anyolite
Anyolite is a Crystal shard which adds a fully functional mruby (or even regular Ruby) interpreter to Crystal.
# Description
Anyolite allows for wrapping Crystal classes and functions into Ruby with little effort.
This way, Ruby can be used as a scripting language to Crystal projects, with the major advantage of a similar syntax.
Useful links for an overview:
* Demo project: https://github.com/Anyolite/ScapoLite
* Wiki: https://github.com/Anyolite/anyolite/wiki
* Documentation: https://anyolite.github.io/anyolite
# Features
* Bindings to an mruby interpreter
* Near complete support to regular Ruby as alternative implementation (also known as MRI or CRuby)
* Wrapping of nearly arbitrary Crystal classes and methods to Ruby
* Easy syntax without unnecessary boilerplate code
* Simple system to prevent garbage collector conflicts
* Support for keyword arguments and default values
* Objects, arrays, hashes, structs, enums and unions as function arguments and return values are completely valid
* Ruby methods can be called at runtime as long as all their possible return value types are known
* Ruby closures can be handled as regular variables
* Methods and constants can be excluded, modified or renamed with annotations
* Options to compile scripts directly into the executable
# Prerequisites
You need to have the following programs installed (and in your PATH variable, if you are on Windows):
* Ruby (for building mruby)
* Rake (for building the whole project)
* Git (for downloading mruby)
* GCC or Microsoft Visual Studio 19 (for building the object files required for Anyolite, depending on your OS)
## Using regular Ruby instead of mruby
It is possible to use Anyolite with regular Ruby (MRI) instead of mruby. An instruction to install MRI can be found at [Using Ruby instead of mruby](https://github.com/Anyolite/anyolite/wiki/Using-Ruby-instead-of-mruby) in the wiki.
# Installing
Put this shard as a requirement into your shard.yml project file and then call
```bash
shards install
```
from a terminal.
Alternatively, you can clone this repository into the lib folder of your project and run
```bash
rake build_shard
```
manually from a terminal or the MSVC Developer Console (on Windows) to install the shard without using the crystal shards program.
If you want to use other options for Anyolite, visit [Changing build configurations](https://github.com/Anyolite/anyolite/wiki/Changing-build-configurations) in the wiki.
# How to use
Imagine a Crystal class for a really bad RPG:
```crystal
module RPGTest
class Entity
property hp : Int32
def initialize(@hp : Int32)
end
def damage(diff : Int32)
@hp -= diff
end
def yell(sound : String, loud : Bool = false)
if loud
puts "Entity yelled: #{sound.upcase}"
else
puts "Entity yelled: #{sound}"
end
end
def absorb_hp_from(other : Entity)
@hp += other.hp
other.hp = 0
end
end
end
```
Now, you want to wrap this class in Ruby. All you need to do is to execute the following code in Crystal (current commit; see documentation page for the version of the latest release):
```crystal
require "anyolite"
Anyolite::RbInterpreter.create do |rb|
Anyolite.wrap(rb, RPGTest)
rb.load_script_from_file("examples/hp_example.rb")
end
```
Well, that's it already.
The last line in the block calls the following example script:
```ruby
a = RPGTest::Entity.new(hp: 20)
a.damage(diff: 13)
puts a.hp
b = RPGTest::Entity.new(hp: 10)
a.absorb_hp_from(other: b)
puts a.hp
puts b.hp
b.yell(sound: 'Ouch, you stole my HP!', loud: true)
a.yell(sound: 'Well, take better care of your public attributes!')
```
The example above gives a good overview over the things you can already do with Anyolite.
More features will be added in the future.
# Limitations
See [Limitations and solutions](https://github.com/Anyolite/anyolite/wiki/Limitations-and-solutions) in the Wiki section for a detailed list.
# Why this name?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyolite
In short, it is a rare variant of the crystalline mineral called zoisite, with ruby and other crystal shards (of pargasite) embedded.
The term 'anyoli' means 'green' in the Maasai language, thus naming 'anyolite'.
# Roadmap
## Upcoming releases
### Version 1.1.2
#### Bugfixes
* [X] Fixed broken documentation
* [X] Fixed pointers not working as regular arguments
### Version 2.0.0
IMPORTANT: Version 2.0.0 will introduce breaking changes to improve the general user experience.
This means that the build process and some parts of the API will change. There will be a dedicated
section in the Wiki for migrating from Anyolite 1 to Anyolite 2, so compatibility can easily be
restored.
The list of features for Anyolite 2 will expand over time, while development on Anyolite 1 continues
until Anyolite 2 is released.
#### Breaking changes
* [ ] Discard postinstall option in favor of more sophisticated build script
* [ ] Simplify building with custom options
* [ ] Set optional arguments being keywords for method as default
* [ ] Add option for using either dynamic or static linking
#### Usability
* [ ] Add Wiki section about migrating from Anyolite 1
* [ ] Add error messages when using wrong annotation syntax
### Later releases
* [ ] Automated generation of Ruby documentations for wrapped functions
* [ ] MRI support on Windows (does currently not work for some reason)
* [ ] MRI support for version 3.1.0 and up
* [ ] Support and continuous integration for Mac
* [ ] Support for bindings using `Data` and `Struct` from Ruby
* [ ] Multiple interpreters for mruby
* [ ] Add option to make script calls thread-safe
### Wishlist, entries might not be possible to implement
* [ ] Splat argument and/or arbitrary keyword passing
* [ ] Support for slices and bytes
* [ ] Classes as argument type
* [ ] Resolve context even in generic type union arguments
* [ ] General improvement of type resolution
* [ ] Bignum support
* [ ] Range support