From: Sean Middleditch <elanthis@...>
Date: 2001-05-29T09:21:39+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15900] Re: embedded ruby

On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 03:10:04AM +0900, Tom Spilman wrote:
> > I don't think you need to even call ruby_run (). If your app
> > is using Ruby as an internal scripting language, then you need
> > to call Ruby objects/method, not have Ruby guide your app.
> > If that's what you want to do, then you should make a Ruby
> > extension instead.
> 
>     That would mean writing my own parser for ruby.... that seems a bit of a
> waste of effort since ruby does this itself just fine.  I'm currently
> experimenting with the possibilities of embedded ruby and have run into a
> similar situation.  Tom

Why do you have to write a parser?  Just load the Ruby code, and then use stuff like rb_funcall() to execute certain methods.

> 
> "Sean Middleditch" <elanthis@users.sourceforge.net> wrote in message
> news:20010528123705.A18859@stargrazer.aweplay.net...
> > On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 12:21:12AM +0900, Wesley J Landaker wrote:
> > > Hello list, =)
> > >
> > > Has anyone had success embedding a ruby interpreter?
> >
> > Yep!  Just last week I got one running beautifully in AweMUD.  ^,^
> >
> > >
> > > It seems straightforward enough, except for the fact that ruby_run()
> > > calls ruby_stop() when it finishes, which in turn calls exit() (which
> > > terminates the whole program!). This means that you can really only use
> > > ruby_run() *once* (and if you want to continue your program, you have
> > > to trap the exit...)
> >
> > I don't think you need to even call ruby_run (). If your app is using Ruby
> as an internal scripting language, then you need to call Ruby
> objects/method, not have Ruby guide your app.  If that's what you want to
> do, then you should make a Ruby extension instead.
> >
> > >
> > > Other than a quick hack on the source tree to make it NOT do that (what
> > > I'm using now) is there some other way to make ruby_run() not call
> > > exit(), or is this just a bug that no one has run in to?
> > >
> > > I'm using the latest version right out of CVS. It's possible that this
> > > used to work and got broken somewhere along the way.
> >
> > What exactly are you trying to do?
> >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Wesley J. Landaker - wjl@mindless.com
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