Fastruby 0.0.13 released with support for splat arguments and method with array arguments

Fastruby is a gem which allows to execute ruby code much faster than normal, currently in a state of transition between a spike and a usable gem, it is released when possible with incremental improvements.
The v0.0.13 release of fastruby make a little internal design improvement regarding translator class and the implementation of splat arguments and methods with optional arguments (see examples below)

Install

You can clone the repository at github:

git clone git://github.com/tario/fastruby.git
git checkout v0.0.13

Or install it using gem install:

gem install fastruby

New Features

• Support for definition of methods with variable number of arguments
• Support for splat arguments on method calls
  

Examples of code being supported

Multiple arguments and call with splat

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1. require "fastruby"  
2.   
3. fastruby '  
4. class X  
5. def foo(*array)  
6.   array.each do |x|  
7.     p x  
8.   end  
9. end  
10.   
11. def bar(*args)  
12.   foo(*args)  
13. end  
14. end  
15. '  
16.   
17. x = X.new  
18. x.foo(1,2,3) # prints 1,2 and 3  
19. x.bar(4,5,6) # prints 4,5 and 6  

require "fastruby"

fastruby '
class X
def foo(*array)
  array.each do |x|
    p x
  end
end

def bar(*args)
  foo(*args)
end
end
'

x = X.new
x.foo(1,2,3) # prints 1,2 and 3
x.bar(4,5,6) # prints 4,5 and 6

Remaining uncovered items on v0.0.13 release

• Configuration of signatures for methods with variable number of arguments (will be implemented for v0.0.14)
• Build-time type inference of splat arguments as Array type (will be implemented for v0.0.14)
• Optimization of splat callls, currently this calls are executing using normal rb_funcall2 (will be improved for v0.2.0)
• Optimization of calls to methods with variable number of arguments, currently are wrapped using rb_funcall (will be improved for v0.2.0)