From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2004-10-31T03:23:55+09:00
Subject: Re: embedding, 'require' and extensions

In article <200410301010.i9UAAFP29889@moulon.inra.fr>,
ts  <decoux@moulon.inra.fr> wrote:
>>>>>> "P" == Phil Tomson <ptkwt@aracnet.com> writes:
>
>P> Here is the relevant part of the C-side code:
>
> You don't give the most important part : how do you build your 
> executable ?
>
> You must use the value given in rbconfig.rb to build the command line, in
> your case you've probably forgotten -rdynamic when you have compiled your
> source.

Here's how I built:
$ gcc -I/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux -g   -c -o summer.o summer.c
$ gcc -o summer summer.o  -L/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux -lruby-static -ldl -lm -lcrypt 
-rdynamic

It didn't make any difference if I used rdynamic or not.

>
> Another thing
>
>P>   rb_require("sum.rb"); //ruby script is sum.rb
>
> You *must* protect any call to a ruby function which can generate an
> error, with rb_protect(),  otherwise ruby will crash
>

Yes, I know.  I was only doing a quick/small test before adding more.

Phil