[ruby-core:101886] [Ruby master Feature#17490] Rename RubyVM::MJIT to RubyVM::JIT
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eregontp@...
Date:
2021-01-03 13:28:01 UTC
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ruby-core #101886
Issue #17490 has been updated by Eregon (Benoit Daloze). JIT just means "Just-in-Time", so actually to be grammatically correct I guess the release note should either refer to "MJIT" (a proper noun) or "the JIT compiler (bundled with Ruby)". Either way, I think to make it clear in the release note, the only way would be to add a sentence like "Ruby ships with a JIT since Ruby 2.6 (named MJIT). In Ruby 3.0, it has been improved significantly". I don't see why an internal/experimental module (RubyVM::MJIT) need to have name understandable by people knowing nothing about MJIT. I'd say users of RubyVM::MJIT should at least know the name of the JIT before using those APIs. ---------------------------------------- Feature #17490: Rename RubyVM::MJIT to RubyVM::JIT https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17490#change-89727 * Author: k0kubun (Takashi Kokubun) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- ## Background In my understanding, MJIT is a codename like YARV which many people outside Ruby community are not familiar with, so I've used JIT in NEWS or release notes to avoid explaining the "M" part whenever we release a new version. However, because we have the name "MJIT" in one of our constants, we've had some naming inconsistency. For instance, --jit is not --mjit and it's not consistent. ## Proposal Have the same constant as `RubyVM::JIT`, deprecate `RubyVM::MJIT` from Ruby 3.1, and remove the old one in Ruby 3.2. ## Impact This impacts only [Feature #14830] `RubyVM::MJIT.pause` / `RubyVM::MJIT.resume`, which is basically for k0kubun's own testing. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> <http://lists.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/ruby-core>