Embedded ruby limitations

Ruby
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I really want to embed ruby in a new app. However, the limitation
of one interpreter per process is too limiting and possibly
dangerous for what i want to do.

Is this limitation being addressed? I might be willing to wait a
short while if the limitation were to be removed. However, it looks
like i probably need to go with something like Python or TCL or LUA.
I’d really prefer ruby but i’m not sure i have that option.

Thanks,
Derek

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derek wrote:

I really want to embed ruby in a new app. However, the limitation
of one interpreter per process is too limiting and possibly
dangerous for what i want to do. [snip]

What are you expecting (your users?) to do in Ruby that could require
multiple interpreters? Are you writing a web app using a not-ruby-aware
framework, so you need to have separate “contexts” for different users
of the app?

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What are you expecting (your users?) to do in Ruby
that could require multiple interpreters? Are you
writing a web app using a not-ruby-aware framework,
so you need to have separate “contexts” for different
users of the app?

(pardon my Windows-centric terminology)

Imagine a command shell that can run individual Ruby commands
maintaining a persistent Ruby environment. For example (given a syntax
of “%@ruby[” <ruby_statement> “]”):

%@ruby[b = 42]
%@ruby[p b]

would print 42 on the console, and then

%@ruby[`set q=#{b**3}`]

would set the environment variable q to 74088 - back in the calling
environment.

Meanwhile, the shell would be able to directly run Ruby scripts, but
might well want to run them in a fresh, clean environment, as is done
by invoking ruby.exe on a script. And after the script has finished,
the b would still be 42 in the command shell’s persistent Ruby
environment.

– Timothy

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On Nov 18, 2005, at 1:47 PM, Timothy Byrd wrote:

syntax
environment*.

Meanwhile, the shell would be able to directly run Ruby scripts, but
might well want to run them in a fresh, clean environment, as is done
by invoking ruby.exe on a script. And after the script has finished,
the b would still be 42 in the command shell’s persistent Ruby
environment.

I think irb’s workspaces work this way.