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Jeremy Evans e4f85bfc31 Implement Set as a core class
Set has been an autoloaded standard library since Ruby 3.2.
The standard library Set is less efficient than it could be, as it
uses Hash for storage, which stores unnecessary values for each key.

Implementation details:

* Core Set uses a modified version of `st_table`, named `set_table`.
  than `s/st_/set_/`, the main difference is that the stored records
  do not have values, making them 1/3 smaller. `st_table_entry` stores
  `hash`, `key`, and `record` (value), while `set_table_entry` only
  stores `hash` and `key`.  This results in large sets using ~33% less
  memory compared to stdlib Set.  For small sets, core Set uses 12% more
  memory (160 byte object slot and 64 malloc bytes, while stdlib set
  uses 40 for Set and 160 for Hash).  More memory is used because
  the set_table is embedded and 72 bytes in the object slot are
  currently wasted. Hopefully we can make this more efficient and have
  it stored in an 80 byte object slot in the future.

* All methods are implemented as cfuncs, except the pretty_print
  methods, which were moved to `lib/pp.rb` (which is where the
  pretty_print methods for other core classes are defined).  As is
  typical for core classes, internal calls call C functions and
  not Ruby methods.  For example, to check if something is a Set,
  `rb_obj_is_kind_of` is used, instead of calling `is_a?(Set)` on the
  related object.

* Almost all methods use the same algorithm that the pure-Ruby
  implementation used.  The exception is when calling `Set#divide` with a
  block with 2-arity.  The pure-Ruby method used tsort to implement this.
  I developed an algorithm that only allocates a single intermediate
  hash and does not need tsort.

* The `flatten_merge` protected method is no longer necessary, so it
  is not implemented (it could be).

* Similar to Hash/Array, subclasses of Set are no longer reflected in
  `inspect` output.

* RDoc from stdlib Set was moved to core Set, with minor updates.

This includes a comprehensive benchmark suite for all public Set
methods.  As you would expect, the native version is faster in the
vast majority of cases, and multiple times faster in many cases.
There are a few cases where it is significantly slower:

* Set.new with no arguments (~1.6x)
* Set#compare_by_identity for small sets (~1.3x)
* Set#clone for small sets (~1.5x)
* Set#dup for small sets (~1.7x)

These are slower as Set does not currently use the AR table
optimization that Hash does, so a new set_table is initialized for
each call.  I'm not sure it's worth the complexity to have an AR
table-like optimization for small sets (for hashes it makes sense,
as small hashes are used everywhere in Ruby).

The rbs and repl_type_completor bundled gems will need updates to
support core Set.  The pull request marks them as allowed failures.

This passes all set tests with no changes.  The following specs
needed modification:

* Modifying frozen set error message (changed for the better)
* `Set#divide` when passed a 2-arity block no longer yields the same
  object as both the first and second argument (this seems like an issue
  with the previous implementation).
* Set-like objects that override `is_a?` such that `is_a?(Set)` return
  `true` are no longer treated as Set instances.
* `Set.allocate.hash` is no longer the same as `nil.hash`
* `Set#join` no longer calls `Set#to_a` (it calls the underlying C
   function).
* `Set#flatten_merge` protected method is not implemented.

Previously, `set.rb` added a `SortedSet` autoload, which loads
`set/sorted_set.rb`.  This replaces the `Set` autoload in `prelude.rb`
with a `SortedSet` autoload, but I recommend removing it and
`set/sorted_set.rb`.

This moves `test/set/test_set.rb` to `test/ruby/test_set.rb`,
reflecting that switch to a core class.  This does not move the spec
files, as I'm not sure how they should be handled.

Internally, this uses the st_* types and functions as much as
possible, and only adds set_* types and functions as needed.
The underlying set_table implementation is stored in st.c, but
there is no public C-API for it, nor is there one planned, in
order to keep the ability to change the internals going forward.

For internal uses of st_table with Qtrue values, those can
probably be replaced with set_table.  To do that, include
internal/set_table.h.  To handle symbol visibility (rb_ prefix),
internal/set_table.h uses the same macro approach that
include/ruby/st.h uses.

The Set class (rb_cSet) and all methods are defined in set.c.
There isn't currently a C-API for the Set class, though C-API
functions can be added as needed going forward.

Implements [Feature #21216]

Co-authored-by: Jean Boussier <jean.boussier@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Oliver Nutter <mrnoname1000@riseup.net>
2025-04-26 10:31:11 +09:00
.github Implement Set as a core class 2025-04-26 10:31:11 +09:00
basictest Ensure test suite is compatible with --frozen-string-literal 2024-03-14 17:56:15 +01:00
benchmark Implement Set as a core class 2025-04-26 10:31:11 +09:00
bin
bootstraptest Assert everything is compiled in test_zjit (https://github.com/Shopify/zjit/pull/40) 2025-04-18 21:52:59 +09:00
ccan Initialize loop variable of ccan_list_for_each 2023-12-24 19:34:25 +09:00
coroutine coroutine/ppc64le: fix conditional registers got clobbered unexpectedly 2025-01-10 00:07:20 +09:00
coverage
cygwin Win32: Remove win32 directory if empty 2024-12-27 14:25:07 +09:00
defs Add zjit.mk 2025-04-18 21:52:55 +09:00
doc Fix tiny typo in syntax/exceptions.rdoc 2025-04-24 21:15:27 +09:00
enc Add Encoding::UNICODE_VERSION constant 2025-04-23 14:14:36 +09:00
ext [ruby/json] Release 2.11.2 2025-04-25 11:11:22 +09:00
gc Count metadata entries automatically from the names list 2025-04-25 19:40:04 +09:00
gems Update bundled gems list as of 2025-04-25 2025-04-25 07:03:06 +00:00
include Work on ATOMIC_VALUE_SET 2025-04-18 13:03:54 +09:00
internal Implement Set as a core class 2025-04-26 10:31:11 +09:00
lib Implement Set as a core class 2025-04-26 10:31:11 +09:00
libexec Remove the temporary script: 2025-04-22 15:34:21 +09:00
man [DOC] Fix minor miscalculation of stack size 2025-03-07 16:18:25 -05:00
misc Always look for the top-level RBasic in LLDB scripts 2025-04-15 11:50:48 +09:00
missing Remove spinlock in dtoa's Balloc, use xmalloc 2025-04-07 16:56:44 -07:00
prism Use cgi/util if that uses like CGI.escape methods 2025-04-24 12:15:11 +09:00
sample Revert "* remove trailing spaces. [ci skip]" 2025-04-18 06:48:30 +09:00
spec Implement Set as a core class 2025-04-26 10:31:11 +09:00
template Check Unicode version of the normalization table 2025-04-23 14:14:36 +09:00
test Implement Set as a core class 2025-04-26 10:31:11 +09:00
tool Implement Set as a core class 2025-04-26 10:31:11 +09:00
wasm Fix stack pointer corruption in setjmp handler in WASI builds 2025-03-31 11:59:33 +09:00
win32 fix rb_w32_strerror when errno < 0 2025-03-19 01:28:59 +09:00
yjit Inline Class#new. 2025-04-25 13:46:05 -07:00
zjit maybe fix bindgen 2025-04-25 13:46:05 -07:00
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.document Assert everything is compiled in test_zjit (https://github.com/Shopify/zjit/pull/40) 2025-04-18 21:52:59 +09:00
.editorconfig
.gdbinit Allow gdb's rp to work on classes offline 2025-04-10 11:33:46 -07:00
.git-blame-ignore-revs Add commit 2da9238 to .git-blame-ignore-revs [ci skip] 2024-11-28 11:35:24 -05:00
.gitattributes Tell GitHub that *.inc.rs files are generated 2025-04-18 21:52:59 +09:00
.gitignore [Feature #21116] Extract RJIT as a third-party gem 2025-02-13 18:01:03 +09:00
.indent.pro
.mailmap Parenthesized SVN IDs in .mailmap look too verbose [ci skip] 2024-04-12 18:22:04 +09:00
.rdoc_options [DOC] Fix exclude: as regexps 2025-01-07 13:29:35 +09:00
.rspec_parallel
.travis.yml .travis.yml: Drop arm64 case. 2025-01-20 15:48:08 +01:00
aclocal.m4
addr2line.c [Bug #21150] macOS: Temporary workaround at unwinding coroutine 2025-02-21 17:53:16 +09:00
addr2line.h
array.c Assert the GVL is held when performing various rb_ functions. 2025-04-14 18:28:09 +09:00
array.rb [DOC] Tweaks for Array doc 2025-01-03 11:42:53 -05:00
ast.c Implement CLASS NODE locations 2025-03-08 18:26:40 +09:00
ast.rb [DOC] Fix typo in related class reference 2024-12-22 15:07:56 +09:00
autogen.sh
bignum.c bignum nogvl is offload safe. (#12132) 2024-11-21 13:46:27 +13:00
BSDL
builtin.c Gather code for builtin loading to miniinit.c 2024-09-08 23:16:46 +09:00
builtin.h YJIT: Replace Array#each only when YJIT is enabled (#11955) 2024-11-04 11:14:28 -05:00
class.c Restore the original order of const_added and inherited callbacks 2025-04-10 10:20:31 +02:00
common.mk Implement Set as a core class 2025-04-26 10:31:11 +09:00
compar.c [DOC] Exclude 'Class' and 'Module' from RDoc's autolinking 2025-01-02 12:36:06 +09:00
compile.c Add parse.y implementation 2025-04-25 13:46:05 -07:00
complex.c Fix style [ci skip] 2025-04-19 22:02:10 +09:00
configure.ac Enable YJIT by default 2025-04-18 21:53:01 +09:00
constant.h
cont.c Don't set saved_ec.tag to NULL in cont_init() 2025-03-31 11:59:33 +09:00
CONTRIBUTING.md [DOC] Fix contributing link 2025-04-09 19:13:58 +09:00
COPYING
COPYING.ja
darray.h Create rb_darray_realloc_mul_add 2025-01-02 11:03:04 -05:00
debug.c Fix setting GC stress at boot when objspace not available 2024-03-27 09:39:23 -04:00
debug_counter.c
debug_counter.h Inline Class#new. 2025-04-25 13:46:05 -07:00
dir.c [Bug #21128] Include fcntl.h before checking for O_CLOEXEC 2025-02-17 13:05:18 +09:00
dir.rb [DOC] Exclude 'Class' and 'Module' from RDoc's autolinking 2025-01-02 12:36:06 +09:00
dln.c Avoid dangling pointer on cygwin 2024-10-25 20:52:32 +09:00
dln.h Revert all changes to dln.c, dmydln.c, dln.h for the shared GC 2024-07-10 14:28:10 -04:00
dln_find.c Make dln_warning a variadic macro 2024-04-07 16:44:42 +09:00
dmydln.c Revert all changes to dln.c, dmydln.c, dln.h for the shared GC 2024-07-10 14:28:10 -04:00
dmyenc.c Separate miniruby from dmyext.c 2024-02-21 23:37:20 +09:00
dmyext.c Separate miniruby from dmyext.c 2024-02-21 23:37:20 +09:00
encindex.h
encoding.c Add Encoding::UNICODE_VERSION constant 2025-04-23 14:14:36 +09:00
enum.c [doc] update Enumerable document. 2025-04-22 01:49:41 +09:00
enumerator.c Remove write barrier for non-Ruby object 2024-09-23 15:51:16 -04:00
error.c Fix style [ci skip] 2025-04-19 22:02:10 +09:00
eval.c Lock-free hash set for fstrings [Feature #21268] 2025-04-18 13:03:54 +09:00
eval_error.c Do not include a backtick in error messages and backtraces 2024-02-15 18:42:31 +09:00
eval_intern.h Revert "Fix jump buffer leak in setjmp handler in WASI builds" 2025-04-02 01:11:01 +09:00
eval_jump.c With ASAN EC_REPUSH_TAG doesn't work 2024-06-24 16:50:09 +09:00
file.c Ensure struct rb_io is passed through to thread.c. (#13134) 2025-04-19 09:55:16 +09:00
gc.c Fix style [ci skip] 2025-04-19 22:02:10 +09:00
gc.rb [DOC] Fix description comment typo 2025-02-13 08:53:02 +09:00
gem_prelude.rb
golf_prelude.rb
goruby.c Initialize goruby only when executing 2024-09-08 23:40:18 +09:00
GPL
hash.c [DOC] Tweaks for Hash doc 2025-04-02 12:10:56 -04:00
hash.rb [DOC] Tweaks for Hash.new 2025-01-24 10:44:24 -05:00
hrtime.h use of stdckdint.h 2024-04-27 21:55:28 +09:00
id_table.c Replace assert with RUBY_ASSERT in id_table.c 2024-02-12 15:07:47 -05:00
id_table.h
imemo.c Only mark cc->cme_ on valid imemo_callcache 2025-03-16 16:00:08 -04:00
inits.c Implement Set as a core class 2025-04-26 10:31:11 +09:00
insns.def Deopt if iseq trace events are enabled 2025-04-25 13:46:05 -07:00
internal.h Ensure struct rb_io is passed through to thread.c. (#13134) 2025-04-19 09:55:16 +09:00
io.c Fix style [ci skip] 2025-04-19 22:02:10 +09:00
io.rb
io_buffer.c Make free, memsize functions of IO::Buffer static 2025-03-31 16:37:44 -04:00
iseq.c Fix style [ci skip] 2025-04-19 22:02:10 +09:00
iseq.h Avoid pinning storage_head in iseq_mark_and_move (#12880) 2025-03-17 10:42:48 -04:00
kernel.rb Move Kernel#with_yjit to Module#with_yjit 2024-11-27 09:04:07 -08:00
KNOWNBUGS.rb
LEGAL Update LEGAL to mention ext/json/vendor 2025-03-28 07:24:52 +09:00
lex.c.blt Use gperf 3.1 to generate ANSI-C code 2024-06-24 23:43:45 +09:00
load.c Add a document to autoload 2025-03-13 22:08:01 +09:00
loadpath.c
localeinit.c
main.c Make wrapper of main for wasm more generic 2025-03-16 17:33:58 +09:00
marshal.c Manage skipping instance variable IDs in one place 2025-03-17 23:42:16 +09:00
marshal.rb
math.c
memory_view.c Refactor VM root modules 2024-03-06 15:33:43 -05:00
method.h Use atomic for method reference count [Bug #20934] 2025-03-20 13:09:40 -07:00
mini_builtin.c Fix memory leak in prism when syntax error in iseq compilation 2024-11-08 15:43:41 -05:00
miniinit.c Gather code for builtin loading to miniinit.c 2024-09-08 23:16:46 +09:00
NEWS.md Implement Set as a core class 2025-04-26 10:31:11 +09:00
nilclass.rb
node.c Add rb_node_get_type for debuggers 2025-01-09 19:24:27 +09:00
node.h Make node line macros inline functions 2025-01-30 18:19:53 +09:00
node_dump.c Implement CLASS NODE locations 2025-03-08 18:26:40 +09:00
numeric.c Fix Integer.sqrt to never exceed actual value 2025-04-07 11:08:10 +09:00
numeric.rb Fix the method name in a comment [ci skip] 2024-11-14 09:24:00 +09:00
object.c Document order of execution const_added vs inherited 2025-04-10 10:33:36 +02:00
pack.c Expand buffer at once then fill it at once 2024-09-29 18:55:15 +09:00
pack.rb [DOC] Mention block mode of String#unpack 2024-09-29 19:09:59 +09:00
parse.y Rename f_optarg to f_opt_arg for consistency in parser rules 2025-04-15 00:39:12 +09:00
parser_bits.h
parser_node.h
parser_st.c Fix extra semicolon outside of a function in NO_SANITIZE 2024-10-08 23:29:49 +09:00
parser_st.h
parser_value.h
prelude.rb Implement Set as a core class 2025-04-26 10:31:11 +09:00
prism_compile.c Inline Class#new. 2025-04-25 13:46:05 -07:00
prism_compile.h [PRISM] Handle forwarding inside eval 2025-01-14 18:41:50 -05:00
prism_init.c
probes.d
probes_helper.h
proc.c Remove no longer used union 2025-04-03 16:56:24 +09:00
process.c [Feature #21116] Extract RJIT as a third-party gem 2025-02-13 18:01:03 +09:00
ractor.c Ractor: revert to moving object bytes, but size pool aware 2025-04-04 16:26:29 +02:00
ractor.rb Use correct warn method 2025-04-07 16:37:39 +02:00
ractor_core.h Ractor.set_if_absent(key) 2024-12-13 06:22:13 +09:00
random.c Remove a useless condition expression 2024-11-30 00:03:07 +09:00
range.c [DOC] beginless and endless ranges inspect returns "nil..nil" always 2025-03-21 10:30:40 +09:00
rational.c [DOC] Exclude 'Method' from RDoc's autolinking 2025-01-02 12:23:49 +09:00
re.c Fix memory leak in rb_reg_search_set_match 2025-03-11 21:55:03 -04:00
README.EXT
README.EXT.ja
README.ja.md [Feature #21116] Extract RJIT as a third-party gem 2025-02-13 18:01:03 +09:00
README.md [DOC] Fix contributing link 2025-04-09 19:13:58 +09:00
regcomp.c Fix [Bug #20246]: Don't set next_head_exact if a capture is called (#9897) 2024-02-13 09:53:03 +09:00
regenc.c [Bug #20239] Fix overflow at down-casting 2024-02-07 15:14:26 +09:00
regenc.h
regerror.c
regexec.c Fix memoization for the /(...){0}/ case (#13169) 2025-04-24 12:03:24 +00:00
regint.h Fix memory leak in String#start_with? when regexp times out 2024-07-26 08:42:38 -04:00
regparse.c Do not break within certain combinations with Indic_Conjunct_Break (InCB)=Linker. 2025-03-18 21:18:12 +09:00
regparse.h
regsyntax.c
ruby-runner.c Do not overwrite GEM_PATH if already set 2025-02-10 18:04:25 +09:00
ruby.c Resurrect yjit_hook 2025-04-18 21:53:01 +09:00
ruby_assert.h
ruby_atomic.h
ruby_parser.c Remove rb_enc_associate for Parser 2025-02-15 15:37:09 +09:00
rubyparser.h Implement CLASS NODE locations 2025-03-08 18:26:40 +09:00
rubystub.c
scheduler.c Prefer 0.000001 over 0.000001f for timeout calculations. (#12803) 2025-02-25 16:37:21 +13:00
set.c Implement Set as a core class 2025-04-26 10:31:11 +09:00
shape.c [DOC] Hide RubyVM::Shape that is for debug from RDoc totally 2024-12-24 21:31:52 +09:00
shape.h Rename size_pool -> heap 2024-10-03 21:20:09 +01:00
signal.c Do not allocate new objects at machine stack overflow 2025-04-24 17:28:18 +09:00
siphash.c
siphash.h
sparc.c
sprintf.c Fix benign off-by-one 2024-11-08 17:39:19 -08:00
st.c Implement Set as a core class 2025-04-26 10:31:11 +09:00
strftime.c Remove unused or wrong conversions 2024-10-20 19:33:21 +09:00
string.c Fix comparison of signed and unsigned integers 2025-04-23 18:35:00 +02:00
string.rb [DOC] Exclude 'Class' and 'Module' from RDoc's autolinking 2025-01-02 12:36:06 +09:00
struct.c [DOC] Show NONE within Measure namespace (#12274) 2025-01-09 13:53:49 +09:00
symbol.c Move global symbol reference updating to rb_sym_global_symbols_update_references 2025-02-10 08:47:44 -05:00
symbol.h Use dllexport as RUBY_FUNC_EXPORTED on Windows 2024-06-09 16:55:27 +09:00
symbol.rb Move Symbol#name into symbol.rb 2024-11-13 10:29:07 +01:00
thread.c Fix style [ci skip] 2025-04-19 22:02:10 +09:00
thread_none.c Fix style [ci skip] 2025-04-19 22:02:10 +09:00
thread_none.h
thread_pthread.c Fix style [ci skip] 2025-04-19 22:02:10 +09:00
thread_pthread.h Use no-inline version rb_current_ec on Arm64 2025-01-17 22:48:10 +09:00
thread_pthread_mn.c [Bug #21150] macOS: Temporary workaround at unwinding coroutine 2025-02-21 17:53:16 +09:00
thread_sync.c [DOC] Doc for Thread::ConditionVariable 2025-04-02 10:47:52 -04:00
thread_sync.rb
thread_win32.c Fix style [ci skip] 2025-04-19 22:02:10 +09:00
thread_win32.h
time.c Implement dcompact for Time objects 2025-03-31 16:56:29 +02:00
timev.h
timev.rb [doc] update Time document. 2025-02-23 10:37:36 +09:00
trace_point.rb [DOC] Fix grammar errors, typos, and improve readability of trace_point.rb (#12150) 2024-12-12 16:44:15 -05:00
transcode.c Fix constant documents (#12357) 2024-12-17 11:58:00 +09:00
transcode_data.h
universal_parser.c Remove rb_enc_associate for Parser 2025-02-15 15:37:09 +09:00
util.c Fix double free when getcwd does not allocate buffer 2024-07-17 15:16:21 +09:00
variable.c Restore the original order of const_added and inherited callbacks 2025-04-10 10:20:31 +02:00
variable.h Free everything at shutdown 2023-12-07 15:52:35 -05:00
vcpkg.json Revert "Temporary removed gmp because vcpkg package is broken." 2025-02-17 18:08:37 +09:00
version.c Implement version string for ZJIT 2025-04-18 21:52:57 +09:00
version.h
vm.c Disable ZJIT profiling at call-threshold (https://github.com/Shopify/zjit/pull/99) 2025-04-18 21:53:01 +09:00
vm_args.c Fix assertion failure with anonymous splats 2025-04-02 19:31:05 -07:00
vm_backtrace.c [Bug #21127] Thread deadlock does not display backtraces (#12721) 2025-02-14 16:31:58 +09:00
vm_callinfo.h Remove dead vm_cc_valid_p 2025-01-24 11:07:20 -05:00
vm_core.h Backport the latest jit_compile() 2025-04-18 21:52:58 +09:00
vm_debug.h Add ruby_debug_print functions to vm_debug.h 2024-01-06 09:32:45 +09:00
vm_dump.c [Bug #21150] macOS: unwinding coroutine workaround is only for arm64 2025-04-05 10:31:20 +09:00
vm_eval.c Do not allocate new objects at machine stack overflow 2025-04-24 17:28:18 +09:00
vm_exec.c Only count VM instructions in YJIT stats builds 2025-02-14 14:39:35 -05:00
vm_exec.h Use UNDEF_P 2024-01-30 14:48:59 +09:00
vm_insnhelper.c Do not allocate new objects at machine stack overflow 2025-04-24 17:28:18 +09:00
vm_insnhelper.h Only count VM instructions in YJIT stats builds 2025-02-14 14:39:35 -05:00
vm_method.c Fix style [ci skip] 2025-04-19 22:02:10 +09:00
vm_opts.h Implement chilled strings 2024-03-19 09:26:49 +01:00
vm_sync.c VM barrier needs to store GC root 2024-07-05 21:20:54 +09:00
vm_sync.h specify NOINLINE for LTO 2024-11-08 18:02:46 +09:00
vm_trace.c [Feature #21116] Extract RJIT as a third-party gem 2025-02-13 18:01:03 +09:00
vsnprintf.c
warning.rb Kernel#warn: don't call Warning.warn unless the category is enabled 2024-06-12 20:57:31 +02:00
weakmap.c Fix a typo in WeakKeyMap argument error 2025-02-04 22:25:17 +01:00
yjit.c Allow YJIT mem-size and call-threshold to be set at runtime via YJIT.enable() (#12505) 2025-03-03 15:45:39 -05:00
yjit.h Fix false-positive memory leak using Valgrind in YJIT (#12057) 2024-11-11 20:45:11 +00:00
yjit.rb yjit.rb: Fix parameter name in documentation 2025-03-05 10:19:31 -05:00
yjit_hook.rb Move Kernel#with_yjit to Module#with_yjit 2024-11-27 09:04:07 -08:00
zjit.c Disable ZJIT profiling at call-threshold (https://github.com/Shopify/zjit/pull/99) 2025-04-18 21:53:01 +09:00
zjit.h Disable ZJIT profiling at call-threshold (https://github.com/Shopify/zjit/pull/99) 2025-04-18 21:53:01 +09:00
zjit.rb Assert everything is compiled in test_zjit (https://github.com/Shopify/zjit/pull/40) 2025-04-18 21:52:59 +09:00

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  • Highly Portable (works on many Unix-like/POSIX compatible platforms as well as Windows, macOS, etc.) cf. https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/maintainers_md.html#label-Platform+Maintainers

How to get Ruby

For a complete list of ways to install Ruby, including using third-party tools like rvm, see:

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/

You can download release packages and the snapshot of the repository. If you want to download whole versions of Ruby, please visit https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/releases/.

Download with Git

The mirror of the Ruby source tree can be checked out with the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/ruby/ruby.git

There are some other branches under development. Try the following command to see the list of branches:

$ git ls-remote https://github.com/ruby/ruby.git

You may also want to use https://git.ruby-lang.org/ruby.git (actual master of Ruby source) if you are a committer.

How to build

See Building Ruby

Ruby home page

https://www.ruby-lang.org/

Documentation

Mailing list

There is a mailing list to discuss Ruby. To subscribe to this list, please send the following phrase:

join

in the mail subject (not body) to the address ruby-talk-request@ml.ruby-lang.org.

Copying

See the file COPYING.

Feedback

Questions about the Ruby language can be asked on the Ruby-Talk mailing list or on websites like https://stackoverflow.com.

Bugs should be reported at https://bugs.ruby-lang.org. Read "Reporting Issues" for more information.

Contributing

See "Contributing to Ruby", which includes setup and build instructions.

The Author

Ruby was originally designed and developed by Yukihiro Matsumoto (Matz) in 1995.

matz@ruby-lang.org