Ruby Issue Tracking System

11/20/2024

09:39 PM Ruby master Feature #20877: Introduce (public) debug assertion for holding the GVL.

From the meeting notes: https://github.com/ruby/dev-meeting-log/blob/master/2024/DevMeeting-2024-11-07.md#feature-208... ioquatix (Samuel Williams)

08:59 AM Ruby master Feature #19642 (Closed): Remove vectored read/write from `io.c`.

I am no longer planning to do this. ioquatix (Samuel Williams)

07:33 AM Ruby master Feature #20902: Allow `IO::Buffer#copy` to release the GVL.

In addition to this proposal, which is limited to `IO::Buffer`, maybe we should consider introducing a general `rb_me... ioquatix (Samuel Williams)

07:31 AM Ruby master Feature #20902 (Closed): Allow `IO::Buffer#copy` to release the GVL.

Related to <https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20876>.
## Background
`IO::Buffer#copy` execution time is proport... ioquatix (Samuel Williams)

11/12/2024

07:57 AM Ruby master Feature #20876: Introduce `Fiber::Scheduler#blocking_operation_wait` to avoid stalling the event loop.

@matz said:
> go ahead
https://github.com/ruby/dev-meeting-log/blob/master/2024/DevMeeting-2024-11-07.md#featur... ioquatix (Samuel Williams)

04:01 AM Ruby master Feature #20884: reserve "Ruby" toplevel module for Ruby language

+1.
However, if we introduce it, can we also introduce a document to guide the evolution, e.g. naming conventions,... ioquatix (Samuel Williams)

11/09/2024

12:19 AM Ruby master Feature #20882: Provide Boolean(...)

I am the current maintainer of the `boolean` gem. You can check the implementation here: https://github.com/ioquatix/... ioquatix (Samuel Williams)

11/07/2024

09:29 PM Ruby master Bug #20863: `zlib.c` calls `rb_str_set_len` and `rb_str_modify_expand`(and others) without holding the GVL.

> There would be quite a lot of value in having some nogvl save APIs though. e.g. if database clients could allocate ... ioquatix (Samuel Williams)

08:27 PM Ruby master Bug #20863: `zlib.c` calls `rb_str_set_len` and `rb_str_modify_expand`(and others) without holding the GVL.

I think the issue is, those methods from a public interface POV, are not allowed to be called without the GVL.
Eve... ioquatix (Samuel Williams)

06:09 AM Ruby master Feature #20864: Allow `Kernel#warn` to accept `**options` and pass these to `Warning.warn`.

For previous discussion including compatibility, see <https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17122> ioquatix (Samuel Williams)