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@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
.Op Fl - Ns Bro Cm enable Ns | Ns Cm disable Brc Ns - Ns Ar FEATURE
.Op Fl -dump Ns = Ns Ar target
.Op Fl -verbose
+.Op Fl -crash-report Ns = Ns Ar template
.Op Fl -
.Op Ar program_file
.Op Ar argument ...
@@ -100,10 +101,10 @@ different character encodings, without dependence on Unicode.
.It Sy "Bignums"
With built-in bignums, you can for example calculate factorial(400).
.Pp
-.It Sy "Reflection and domain specific languages"
+.It Sy "Reflection and domain-specific languages"
Class is also an instance of the Class class. Definition of classes and methods
is an expression just as 1+1 is. So your programs can even write and modify programs.
-Thus you can write your application in your own programming language on top of Ruby.
+Thus, you can write your application in your own programming language on top of Ruby.
.Pp
.It Sy "Exception handling"
As in Java(tm).
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ Verbose mode is "verbose". It sets the
.Li "$VERBOSE"
to true.
.Fl W Ns
-2 is same as
+2 is the same as
.Fl w
.
.El
@@ -271,6 +272,11 @@ In auto-split mode, Ruby executes
.Dl $F = $_.split
at beginning of each loop.
.Pp
+.It Fl -backtrace-limit Ns = Ns Ar num
+Limits the maximum length of backtraces to
+.Ar num
+lines (default -1, meaning no limit).
+.Pp
.It Fl c
Causes Ruby to check the syntax of the script and exit without
executing. If there are no syntax errors, Ruby will print
@@ -281,6 +287,8 @@ to the standard output.
.It Fl -debug
Turns on debug mode.
.Li "$DEBUG"
+and
+.Li "$VERBOSE"
will be set to true.
.Pp
.It Fl e Ar command
@@ -313,7 +321,7 @@ Enables automatic line-ending processing, which means to firstly set
to the value of
.Li "$/" ,
and secondly chops every line read using
-.Li chop! .
+.Li chomp! .
.Pp
.It Fl n
Causes Ruby to assume the following loop around your script, which
@@ -388,7 +396,7 @@ before executing script.
.Pp
.It Fl y
.It Fl -yydebug
-DO NOT USE.
+This option is not guaranteed to be compatible.
.Pp
Turns on compiler debug mode. Ruby will print a bunch of internal
state messages during compilation. Only specify this switch you are going to
@@ -419,39 +427,43 @@ Disables (or enables) all features.
.El
.Pp
.It Fl -dump Ns = Ns Ar target
-Dump some informations.
+Dump some information.
.Pp
Prints the specified target.
.Ar target
-can be one of;
-.Bl -hang -offset indent
+can be one of:
+.Bl -hang -offset indent -width "version"
.It Sy version
-version description same as
-.Fl -version
+Print version description (same as
+.Fl -version).
.It Sy usage
-brief usage message same as
-.Fl h
+Print a brief usage message (same as
+.Fl h).
.It Sy help
-Show long help message same as
-.Fl -help
+Show long help message (same as
+.Fl -help).
.It Sy syntax
-check of syntax same as
+Check syntax (same as
.Fl c
-.Fl -yydebug
-.It Sy yydebug
-compiler debug mode, same as
-.Fl -yydebug
+.Fl -yydebug).
.Pp
-Only specify this switch if you are going to debug the Ruby interpreter.
-.It Sy parsetree
-.It Sy parsetree_with_comment
-AST nodes tree
+.El
.Pp
-Only specify this switch if you are going to debug the Ruby interpreter.
+Or one of the following, which are intended for debugging the interpreter:
+.Bl -hang -offset indent -width "parsetree"
+.It Sy yydebug
+Enable compiler debug mode (same as
+.Fl -yydebug).
+.It Sy parsetree
+Print a textual representation of the Ruby AST for the program.
.It Sy insns
-disassembled instructions
-.Pp
-Only specify this switch if you are going to debug the Ruby interpreter.
+Print a list of disassembled bytecode instructions.
+.It Sy -optimize
+Disable various optimizations to print a list disassembled bytecode instructions.
+.It Sy +error-tolerant
+Enable error-tolerant parsing, when yydebug or parsetree.
+.It Sy +comment
+Annotate a textual representation of the Ruby AST for the program with the associated Ruby source code.
.El
.Pp
.It Fl -verbose
@@ -462,6 +474,12 @@ variable to true.
If this switch is given, and no script arguments (script file or
.Fl e
options) are present, Ruby quits immediately.
+.Pp
+.It Fl -crash-report Ns = Ns Ar template
+Sets the template of path name to save crash report.
+See
+.Ev RUBY_CRASH_REPORT
+environment variable for details.
.El
.Pp
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
@@ -501,6 +519,43 @@ enabled for only mswin32, mingw32, and OS/2 platforms. If this
variable is not defined, Ruby refers to
.Ev COMSPEC .
.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_FREE_AT_EXIT
+If set, Ruby tries to free all dynamically allocated memories.
+Introduced in Ruby 3.3, default: unset.
+.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_BOX
+If set to
+.Li 1 ,
+Ruby Box is enabled and users will be able to execute
+.Li Ruby::Box.new .
+Ruby Box is an experimental feature introduced in Ruby 4.0.
+.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_IO_BUFFER_DEFAULT_SIZE
+The custom default buffer size of
+.Li IO::Buffer .
+.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_MAX_CPU
+The maximum number of native threads used by M:N Threads scheduler
+Introduced in Ruby 3.3, default: 8.
+.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_MN_THREADS
+If set to
+.Li 1 ,
+M:N Thread scheduler is enabled on the main Ractor.
+Introduced in Ruby 3.3, default: unset.
+.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_PAGER
+The pager command that will be used for
+.Fl -help
+option.
+Introduced in Ruby 3.0, default:
+.Ev PAGER
+environment variable.
+.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_THREAD_TIMESLICE
+Sets the default thread time slice (thread quantum) in milliseconds.
+Introduced in Ruby 3.4, default: 100ms.
+.Pp
.It Ev PATH
Ruby refers to the
.Ev PATH
@@ -523,7 +578,7 @@ malloc family of C standard library calls (
.Xr calloc 3 ,
and
.Xr realloc 3 ) .
-In this documentatation, the "heap" refers to the Ruby object heap
+In this documentation, the "heap" refers to the Ruby object heap
of fixed-sized slots, while "malloc" refers to auxiliary
allocations commonly referred to as the "process heap".
Thus there are at least two possible ways to trigger GC:
@@ -545,10 +600,16 @@ Reaching the old malloc limit.
.El
.Pp
There are currently 4 possible areas where the GC may be tuned by
-the following 11 environment variables:
-.Bl -hang -compact -width "RUBY_GC_OLDMALLOC_LIMIT_GROWTH_FACTOR"
-.It Ev RUBY_GC_HEAP_INIT_SLOTS
-Initial allocation slots. Introduced in Ruby 2.1, default: 10000.
+the following environment variables:
+.Bl -hang -compact -width "RUBY_GC_HEAP_n_INIT_SLOTS"
+.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_GC_HEAP_ Ns Ar n Ns Ev _INIT_SLOTS
+Initial allocation of slots in a specific heap.
+The available heaps can be found in the keys of
+.Li GC.stat_heap .
+.Ar n
+is a decimal number between 0 and 4.
+Introduced in Ruby 3.3.
.Pp
.It Ev RUBY_GC_HEAP_FREE_SLOTS
Prepare at least this amount of slots after GC.
@@ -570,6 +631,12 @@ where R is this factor and N is the number of old objects after the
last full GC.
Introduced in Ruby 2.1.1, default: 2.0
.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_GC_HEAP_REMEMBERED_WB_UNPROTECTED_OBJECTS_LIMIT_RATIO
+Used to calculate the
+.Li remembered_wb_unprotected_objects_limit
+using a ratio of
+.Li old_objects .
+Introduced in Ruby 3.3, default: 0.1, minimum: 0.0
.It Ev RUBY_GC_MALLOC_LIMIT
The initial limit of young generation allocation from the malloc-family.
GC will start when this limit is reached.
@@ -586,6 +653,31 @@ GC frequency but increasing malloc growth until RUBY_GC_MALLOC_LIMIT_MAX
is reached.
Introduced in Ruby 2.1, default: 1.4, minimum: 1.0 (no growth)
.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_GC_HEAP_FREE_SLOTS_MIN_RATIO
+Allocate additional pages when the number of free slots is
+lower than the value
+.Li (total_slots * (this ratio)) .
+Introduced in Ruby 2.4, default: 0.2, minimum: 0.0, maximum: 1.0
+.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_GC_HEAP_FREE_SLOTS_MAX_RATIO
+Allow to free pages when the number of free slots is greater than the value
+.Li (total_slots * (this ratio)) .
+Introduced in Ruby 2.4, default: 0.4, minimum:
+.Li RUBY_GC_HEAP_FREE_SLOTS_MIN_RATIO,
+maximum: 1.0
+.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_GC_HEAP_FREE_SLOTS_GOAL_RATIO
+Allocate slots to satisfy this formula:
+.Li free_slots = total_slots * goal_ratio
+In other words, prepare
+.Li (total_slots * goal_ratio)
+free slots.
+if this value is 0.0, then use RUBY_GC_HEAP_GROWTH_FACTOR directly.
+Introduced in Ruby 2.4, default: 0.65, minimum:
+.Li RUBY_GC_HEAP_FREE_SLOTS_MIN_RATIO,
+maximum:
+.Li RUBY_GC_HEAP_FREE_SLOTS_MAX_RATIO
+.Pp
.It Ev RUBY_GC_OLDMALLOC_LIMIT
The initial limit of old generation allocation from malloc,
a full GC will start when this limit is reached.
@@ -603,6 +695,11 @@ GC frequency but increasing malloc growth until RUBY_GC_OLDMALLOC_LIMIT_MAX
is reached.
Introduced in Ruby 2.1, default: 1.2, minimum: 1.0 (no growth)
.Pp
+.It Ev RUBY_SHARED_FIBER_POOL_FREE_STACKS
+Frees stacks of pooled fibers, if set to 1.
+Do not free the stacks if set to 0.
+Introduced in Ruby 2.7, default: 1 (no growth)
+.Pp
.El
.Sh STACK SIZE ENVIRONMENT
Stack size environment variables are implementation-dependent and
@@ -618,11 +715,11 @@ All values are specified in bytes.
.Bl -hang -compact -width "RUBY_THREAD_MACHINE_STACK_SIZE"
.It Ev RUBY_THREAD_VM_STACK_SIZE
VM stack size used at thread creation.
-default: 131072 (32-bit CPU) or 262144 (64-bit)
+default: 524288 (32-bit CPU) or 1048576 (64-bit)
.Pp
.It Ev RUBY_THREAD_MACHINE_STACK_SIZE
Machine stack size used at thread creation.
-default: 524288 or 1048575
+default: 524288 or 1048576
.Pp
.It Ev RUBY_FIBER_VM_STACK_SIZE
VM stack size used at fiber creation.
@@ -633,6 +730,72 @@ Machine stack size used at fiber creation.
default: 262144 or 524288
.Pp
.El
+.Sh CRASH REPORT ENVIRONMENT
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -compact -width "RUBY_CRASH_REPORT"
+.It Ev RUBY_CRASH_REPORT
+The template of path name to save crash report.
+default: none
+.El
+.Ss Naming crash report files
+The template can contain
+.Li \fB%\fP
+specifiers which are substituted by the following values when a crash
+report file is created:
+.Pp
+.Bl -hang -compact -width "%NNN"
+.It Li \fB%%\fP
+A single
+.Li \fB%\fP
+character.
+.It Li \fB%e\fP
+Basename of executable.
+.It Li \fB%E\fP
+Pathname of executable,
+with slashes (\fB/\fP) replaced by exclamation marks (\fB!\fP).
+.It Li \fB%f\fP
+Basename of the program name,
+.Li "$0" .
+.It Li \fB%F\fP
+Pathname of the program name,
+.Li "$0",
+with slashes (\fB/\fP) replaced by exclamation marks (\fB!\fP).
+.It Li \fB%p\fP
+PID of dumped process.
+.It Li \fB%t\fP
+Time of dump, expressed as seconds since the
+Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC).
+.It Li \fB%NNN\fP
+A character code in octal.
+.El
+.Pp
+A single
+.Li \fB%\fP
+at the end of the template is dropped from the core filename, as is
+the combination of a
+.Li \fB%\fP
+followed by any character other than those listed above. All other
+characters in the template become a literal part of the core filename.
+The template may include \(aq/\(aq characters, which are interpreted
+as delimiters for directory names.
+.Ss Piping crash reports to a program
+If the first character of this file is a pipe symbol (\fB|\fP),
+then the remainder of the line is interpreted as the command-line for
+a program (or script) that is to be executed.
+.Pp
+The pipe template is split on spaces into an argument list before the
+template parameters are expanded.
+.Sh MISC ENVIRONMENT
+.Pp
+.Bl -hang -compact -width "RUBY_TCP_NO_FAST_FALLBACK"
+.It Ev RUBY_TCP_NO_FAST_FALLBACK
+If set to
+.Li 1 ,
+disables the fast fallback feature by default in TCPSocket.new and Socket.tcp.
+When set to
+.Li 0
+or left unset, the fast fallback feature is enabled.
+Introduced in Ruby 3.4, default: unset.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Bl -hang -compact -width "https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/"
.It Lk https://www.ruby-lang.org/
@@ -660,5 +823,5 @@ Ruby is designed and implemented by
.An Yukihiro Matsumoto Aq matz@netlab.jp .
.Pp
See
-.Aq Lk https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/projects/ruby/wiki/Contributors
+.Aq Lk https://github.com/ruby/ruby/graphs/contributors
for contributors to Ruby.