[ruby-core:39599] [Ruby 1.9 - Bug #5193] ruby_thread_data_type linker errors fixed with RUBY_EXTERN

Issue #5193 has been updated by Charlie Savage.


> So we had requested the API proposal and its use cases
> long before, but no response till the last month and
>just "it can't build". 

First, is there anything else we need to do for ruby 1.9.3?  The current status is that both ruby-debug-base19 and ruby-debug-base19x (JetBrain's fork) both compile now.  ruby-debug-base19x works for me, but ruby-debug-base19 does not due to segmentation faults when evaluating expressions.  I assume that is due to an issue in ruby-debug-base19 and not ruby.  So my original goal for this ticket has been met, thank you.

Second:

> We had requested the API proposal and its use cases 
> long before, but no response till the last month
> and just "it can't build".

Who is in charge of this?  Is ruby-core supposed to propose an API? If so, who?  Or is it the ruby-debug developers (Mark and JetBrains)? 

Remember I'm just a user of ruby-debug who was alarmed when it stopped working last month.  Having said that, it is important enough to me that I am happy to help with whatever is needed. 

But instead of discussing that here, should a new ticket be opened for a creating an official debugger api for 1.9.4?


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Bug #5193: ruby_thread_data_type linker errors fixed with RUBY_EXTERN
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5193

Author: Charlie Savage
Status: Third Party's Issue
Priority: Normal
Assignee: Nobuyoshi Nakada
Category: core
Target version: 1.9.3
ruby -v: -


ruby-debug-base19x fails to compile with VC++ 2010 with this error:

ruby_debug.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _ruby_thread_data_type

ruby_thread_data_type is declared in vm_core.h as:

extern const rb_data_type_t ruby_thread_data_type;

ruby-debug calls GetThreadPtr which is defined as:

#define GetThreadPtr(obj, ptr) \
    TypedData_Get_Struct((obj), rb_thread_t, &ruby_thread_data_type, (ptr))

What makes this interesting is that ruby_thread_data_type is properly included in the msvcr100-ruby191.def file and is exported from msvcr100-ruby191.dll.  Somehow the &ruby_thread_data_type causes problems for VC++ (mingw works correctly).  

Some Ubuntu users seem to be having a similar issue.  See:

http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=29222&group_id=8883&atid=34290

The problem is resolved for VC++ by changing the definition to:

RUBY_EXTERN const rb_data_type_t ruby_thread_data_type;

Any chance this change could be made?

Thanks - Charlie


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