Feature #19900: Rename YARP to Prism

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -

[kddnewton (Kevin Newton)]

Following up on the discussion from https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19772#note-29, we would like to rename the YARP project to Prism. For the purposes of this ticket specifically, all functionality will remain the same. That is:

• Prism will be a bundled gem with a native extension that will require you to require "prism" to access it from Ruby code.
• Within CRuby, the C library will continue to be used to provide parsing/compiling functionality, under RubyVM::InstructionSequence.compile_prism. At the moment, this API is strictly for testing.

Going forward, the C symbol prefix will be pm_ (as opposed to the existing yp_). Assuming all of this is okay, I'll begin working on the rename next week.

[rubyFeedback (robert heiler)]

I guess one advantage of the name "prism" is that this may be a bit easier
to remember than "yarp".

[jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans)]

• Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
• Backport deleted (3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN)

[kddnewton (Kevin Newton)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed

https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/8518