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The following code previously caused a crash:
```ruby
h = {}
1000000.times{|i| h[i.to_s.to_sym] = i}
def f(kw: 1, **kws) end
f(**h)
```
Inside a thread or fiber, the size of the keyword splat could be much smaller
and still cause a crash.
I found this issue while optimizing method calling by reducing implicit
allocations. Given the following code:
```ruby
def f(kw: , **kws) end
kw = {kw: 1}
f(**kw)
```
The `f(**kw)` call previously allocated two hashes callee side instead of a
single hash. This is because `setup_parameters_complex` would extract the
keywords from the keyword splat hash to the C stack, to attempt to mirror
the case when literal keywords are passed without a keyword splat. Then,
`make_rest_kw_hash` would build a new hash based on the extracted keywords
that weren't used for literal keywords.
Switch the implementation so that if a keyword splat is passed, literal keywords
are deleted from the keyword splat hash (or a copy of the hash if the hash is
not mutable).
In addition to avoiding the crash, this new approach is much more
efficient in all cases. With the included benchmark:
```
1
miniruby: 5247879.9 i/s
miniruby-before: 2474050.2 i/s - 2.12x slower
1_mutable
miniruby: 1797036.5 i/s
miniruby-before: 1239543.3 i/s - 1.45x slower
10
miniruby: 1094750.1 i/s
miniruby-before: 365529.6 i/s - 2.99x slower
10_mutable
miniruby: 407781.7 i/s
miniruby-before: 225364.0 i/s - 1.81x slower
100
miniruby: 100992.3 i/s
miniruby-before: 32703.6 i/s - 3.09x slower
100_mutable
miniruby: 40092.3 i/s
miniruby-before: 21266.9 i/s - 1.89x slower
1000
miniruby: 21694.2 i/s
miniruby-before: 4949.8 i/s - 4.38x slower
1000_mutable
miniruby: 5819.5 i/s
miniruby-before: 2995.0 i/s - 1.94x slower
```
What is Ruby?
Ruby is an interpreted object-oriented programming language often used for web development. It also offers many scripting features to process plain text and serialized files, or manage system tasks. It is simple, straightforward, and extensible.
Features of Ruby
- Simple Syntax
- Normal Object-oriented Features (e.g. class, method calls)
- Advanced Object-oriented Features (e.g. mix-in, singleton-method)
- Operator Overloading
- Exception Handling
- Iterators and Closures
- Garbage Collection
- Dynamic Loading of Object Files (on some architectures)
- 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
Documentation
Mailing list
There is a mailing list to discuss Ruby. To subscribe to this list, please send the following phrase:
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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.