ruby / ruby/irb

Launch another Ruby Interpreter when IRB is started

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Description

from https://github.com/ruby/irb/pull/254#issuecomment-871698900

Separation running and input interpreters sounds good. But I know it's never easy.

At first I can do is creating issue so I do.

Expected benefits

  • Running something(ex compiling) to check the code on background does not effect the input interpreter
  • Reduce requre
  • maybe something more...

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the linked discussion in ruby/irb#254, especially the referenced issue comment, to understand the proposed separation between running and input interpreters. The issue does not name files or tests; done would require defining and implementing that separation while preserving the stated background execution and reduced require benefits.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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