Commit generated opcodes to remove the need for ruby?

[lqd]

Hi :wave:

Could the dependency on ruby be removed maybe, by e.g. committing the generated opcodes to the repository?

[playXE]

Hi wave

Could the dependency on ruby be removed maybe, by e.g. committing the generated opcodes to the repository?

Hello! I would not remove it as opcodes might be changed in the future or new ones added, always rebuilding them manually is not a great idea IMO. What might be done instead is maybe rewrite the DSL in Rust itself, but it is a large task to do

[lqd]

I did not mean to rebuild them manually, only that the build script for example checked that an existing opcode_generated.rs is older than the opcode.opcodes file, and then automatically rebuild it.

That would allow to have the automation to keep the generated code up to date without needing to manually call the generator, while also allowing for people to use the library without ruby installed, which could also be achieved by publishing to crates.io with the generated opcodes there of course.

[playXE]

I am not sure how to do that properly but that is definitely a great idea. If you have some examples on how to do it or could do a PR, I would love to see it. :D

Also, b3-rs is not yet on Crates.io, I am checking some stuff for proper functionality and then will probably publish 0.1.0 release.