On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Jimmy Schementi <jimmy.scheme...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> 2) have a checkbox for if we want to install with the i prefix or not on pre- >> installed gems (I know I for one wouldn't). > > We don't preinstall any gems with IronRuby. So what you're asking is an > option so we remove the "i" from "iri.bat", "irdoc.bat", and "igem.bat" ? > Keep in mind the actual ruby files are still "ri", "rdoc", and "gem". For the > problem with "ir script/console", rails should fix this (as in, JRuby has the > same problem as they ship with jirb).
Other than for the "ruby" command (i.e. "jruby"), JRuby does not prefix bin scripts or set up RubyGems to prefix anything, so we still have the same-named rdoc, ri, irb commands provided in JRuby releases, and gem binaries install with their non-prefixed name. This was a pragmatic decision; too many Ruby scripts/libs/apps launch those scripts by their non-prefixed name and all the tutorials and books in the world use the non-prefixed names. Plus we wanted JRuby to be a drop-in replacement as much as possible; all those "j"s would make that much harder. We've recently debated turning the RubyGems prefixing on, to aid folks using JRuby plus some other impl...but it would cause a lot of support stress at this point. Also FYI: https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/2104-scriptconsole-execs-irb-causes-double-process-launch-and-limits-other-impls I filed that last year in February, and after bouncing around a bit it was bumped off Rails 2.x series. Now it's apparently back in for 3.0. Vote with comments :) JRuby has gotten around this since 2006 by doing two things: * We ship "irb" executables * Our exec logic scans the command being run for "*ruby" or "*irb" and intercepts that by simply spinning up another JRuby instance in the same JVM. This was partially to allow rails/console and similar re-launchers to work, but also to reduce (somewhat) the double-launching startup hit. - Charlie _______________________________________________ Ironruby-core mailing list Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core
