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[ruby-core:121973] [Ruby Bug#21322] Namespaces and builtin classes as arguments and return values
by fxn (Xavier Noria) 09 Dec '25

09 Dec '25

Issue #21322 has been reported by fxn (Xavier Noria). ---------------------------------------- Bug #21322: Namespaces and builtin classes as arguments and return values https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21322 * Author: fxn (Xavier Noria) * Status: Open * Backport: 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN, 3.4: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- @tagomoris thanks for the docs under `doc/namespace.md`. Unless I missed it, I believe there is an edge case related to builtin classes (using the vocabulary there). Consider: ```ruby # test.rb ns = Namespace.new ns.require_relative 'foo' X = 1 ns::C.x(Object) # foo.rb class C def self.x(obj) obj::X end end ``` `obj::X` raises. I believe this is consistent with the feature, but maybe would deserve docs, because from the point of view of the Ruby programmer I am passing an object, no constant name resolution is happening in `foo.rb`. See what I mean? I believe, from my tests, that something analogous happens if `ns::C.x` returns (the namespaced) `Object`. In the main namespace, you don't get the object passed up as-is. I am also curious about how is this implemented (maybe to comment here, not necessarily in the docs). -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:121389] [Ruby Bug#21187] Strings concatenated with `\` getting frozen with literal hashes (PRISM only)
by LocoDelAssembly 08 Dec '25

08 Dec '25

Issue #21187 has been reported by LocoDelAssembly (Hernán Pereira). ---------------------------------------- Bug #21187: Strings concatenated with `\` getting frozen with literal hashes (PRISM only) https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21187 * Author: LocoDelAssembly (Hernán Pereira) * Status: Open * ruby -v: ruby 3.4.2 (2025-02-15 revision d2930f8e7a) +PRISM [x86_64-linux] * Backport: 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN, 3.4: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- When the first elements of a literal hash are strings that are concatenated with `\`, those elements are flagged with `PM_NODE_FLAG_STATIC_LITERAL` and a special optimization that I believe was introduced in https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/8080de04be8e99e71309745822a9d436cc4ae37c causes the strings to be frozen. Reproduction === test.rb ``` a = { a: 'one' \ 'two', b: 'three' \ 'four', c: 'five', d: 'six' \ 'seven' } b = { a: 'one', b: 'two' \ 'three' } puts "a = #{a.map { |k,v| {k => v.frozen?} }}" puts "b = #{b.map { |k,v| {k => v.frozen?} }}" ``` With prism: ``` $ ruby test.rb a = [{a: true}, {b: true}, {c: false}, {d: false}] b = [{a: false}, {b: false}] ``` With parse.y: ``` $ ruby --parser=parse.y test.rb a = [{a: false}, {b: false}, {c: false}, {d: false}] b = [{a: false}, {b: false}] ``` (Notice `b` hash is unaffected in both parsers) Not sure if this is just part of undefined behavior or this is indeed a bug. Assigning a string concatenated with `\` to a variable doesn't make it frozen, to the best of my knowledge this seems to be hash-specific. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:121629] [Ruby Bug#21265] Crash when proc from Symbol#to_proc called outside refinement scope
by alanwu (Alan Wu) 08 Dec '25

08 Dec '25

Issue #21265 has been reported by alanwu (Alan Wu). ---------------------------------------- Bug #21265: Crash when proc from Symbol#to_proc called outside refinement scope https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21265 * Author: alanwu (Alan Wu) * Status: Open * ruby -v: ruby 3.4.2 and trunk * Backport: 3.2: DONTNEED, 3.3: DONTNEED, 3.4: REQUIRED ---------------------------------------- ```ruby class RefinedScope using(Module.new { refine(Kernel) { def itself = 0 } }) ITSELF = :itself.to_proc end RefinedScope::ITSELF[0] ``` ``` ../vm_method.c:1371: Assertion Failed: prepare_callable_method_entry:RB_TYPE_2_P(defined_class, RUBY_T_ICLASS, RUBY_T_MODULE): defined_class: T_FALSE ``` Or SEGV without `-DRUBY_DEBUG`. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:121142] [Ruby master Misc#21154] Document or change Module#autoload?
by fxn (Xavier Noria) 07 Dec '25

07 Dec '25

Issue #21154 has been reported by fxn (Xavier Noria). ---------------------------------------- Misc #21154: Document or change Module#autoload? https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21154 * Author: fxn (Xavier Noria) * Status: Open ---------------------------------------- The documentation of `Module#autoload?` says > Returns filename to be loaded if name is registered as autoload in the namespace of mod or one of its ancestors. Cool, but in the following snippet ```ruby autoload :Foo, 'foo' autoload?(:Foo) ``` the second line could evaluate to `nil`, and this does not seem to agree. I just registered an autoload, therefore (according to the documentation) I should get "foo" back in line 2. I'd like to ask for clarification from the Ruby team: 1. Is the documentation complete? Should that second line always return "foo"? 2. If the answer is no, which is the logic missing in the docs? Thank you! -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:121791] [Ruby Bug#21298] `ObjectSpace.allocation_class_path` returns inconsistent results depending on `TracePoint` state
by mame (Yusuke Endoh) 04 Dec '25

04 Dec '25

Issue #21298 has been reported by mame (Yusuke Endoh). ---------------------------------------- Bug #21298: `ObjectSpace.allocation_class_path` returns inconsistent results depending on `TracePoint` state https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21298 * Author: mame (Yusuke Endoh) * Status: Open * Assignee: tenderlovemaking (Aaron Patterson) * Backport: 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN, 3.4: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- `ObjectSpace.allocation_class_path` is an API that returns the class of `self` in the context where an object was allocated. However, due to recent optimizations in `Class#new` (#21254), the return value now changes depending on whether `TracePoint` is enabled. ```ruby require "objspace" class Foo def test obj = Object.new ObjectSpace.allocation_class_path(obj) end end ObjectSpace.trace_object_allocations_start p Foo.new.test #=> 3.4.2: "Class", master: "Foo" ``` Previously, this returned `"Class"` (from the `Class#new` call frame), but in the master branch, the result is now `"Foo"` because that frame is gone. I am ok for the incompatibility itself because I find the new behavior more intuitive and useful. However, there's an inconsistency: the optimization is disabled when `TracePoint` is enabled, causing the result to revert to the old behavior. ```ruby p Foo.new.test #=> master: "Foo" TracePoint.new {}.enable do p Foo.new.test #=> master: "Class", expected: "Foo" end ``` This makes behavior dependent on whether `TracePoint` is enabled, which can lead to confusion. @ko1 @tenderlovemaking Can we make `ObjectSpace.allocation_class_path` consistently return the class from the `.new` call context, regardless of the `TracePoint` state? --- I am facing a failure of the following test when code coverage (which uses `TracePoint`) is enabled: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/e8ad728209ee22136e61054fea74096b49088b8a/… As a short-term workaround, I'm considering commenting out this test. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:112326] [Ruby master Feature#19430] Contribution wanted: DNS lookup by c-ares library
by mame (Yusuke Endoh) 04 Dec '25

04 Dec '25

Issue #19430 has been reported by mame (Yusuke Endoh). ---------------------------------------- Feature #19430: Contribution wanted: DNS lookup by c-ares library https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19430 * Author: mame (Yusuke Endoh) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- ## Problem At the present time, Ruby uses `getaddrinfo(3)` to resolve names. Because this function is synchronous, we cannot interrupt the thread performing name resolution until the DNS server returns a response. We can see this behavior by setting blackhole.webpagetest.org (72.66.115.13) as a DNS server, which swallows all packets, and resolving any name: ``` # cat /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 72.66.115.13 # ./local/bin/ruby -rsocket -e 'Addrinfo.getaddrinfo("www.ruby-lang.org", 80)' ^C^C^C^C ``` As we see, Ctrl+C does not stop ruby. The current workaround that users can take is to do name resolution in a Ruby thread. ```ruby Thread.new { Addrinfo.getaddrinfo("www.ruby-lang.org", 80) }.value ``` The thread that calls this code is interruptible. (Note that the newly created thread itself will be stuck until the DNS lookup exceeds the time out.) ## Proposal We can solve this problem by using c-ares, which is an asynchronous name resolver, as a backend of `Addrinfo.getaddrinfo`, etc. (@sorah told me about this library, thanks!) https://c-ares.org/ I have created a PoC patch. https://github.com/mame/ruby/commit/547806146993bbc25984011d423dcc0f913b211c By applying this patch, we can interrupt `Addrinfo.getaddrinfo` by Ctrl+C. ``` # cat /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 72.66.115.13 # ./local/bin/ruby -rsocket -e 'Addrinfo.getaddrinfo("www.ruby-lang.org", 80)' ^C-e:1:in `getaddrinfo': Interrupt from -e:1:in `<main>' ``` ## Discussion ### About c-ares According to the site of c-ares, some major tools including libcurl, Wireshark, and Apache Arrow are already using c-ares. In the language interpreter, node.js seems to be using c-ares. I am honestly not sure about the compatibility of c-ares with `getaddrinfo(3)`. I guess there is no major incompatibility because I have not experienced any name resolution problem of curl. @akr (who is the author and maintainer of Ruby's socket library) suggested to check if OS-specific name resolution, e.g., WINS on Windows, NIS on Solaris, etc., is supported. He also said that it may be acceptable even if they are not supported. Whether to bundle c-ares source code with ruby would require further discussion. If this proposal is accepted, then c-ares will become a de facto essential dependency for practical use, like gmp, in my opinion. Incidentally, node.js bundles c-ares: https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/main/deps/cares ### Alternative approaches Recent glibc provides `getaddrinfo_a(3)` which performs asynchronous name resolution. However, this function has a fatal problem of being incompatible with `fork(2)`, which is heavily used in the Ruby ecosystem. In fact, the attempt to use `getaddrinfo_a(3)` (#17134) has been revert because it fails rails tests. (#17220) Another alternative is to have a worker pthread inside Ruby that calls getaddrinfo(3). Instead of calling getaddrinfo(3) directly, `Addrinfo.getaddrinfo` would ask the worker to resolve a name and wait for a response. This method should be able to implement cancellation. (Simply put, this means reimplementation of getaddrinfo_a(3) on our own, taking into account of `fork(2).) This has the advantages: not adding dependencies on external libraries and not having compatibility issues with `getaddrinfo(3)`. However, it is considerably more difficult to implement and maintain. An internal pthread may have a non-trivial impact on the execution efficiency and memory usage. Also, we may need to implement a mechanism to dynamically change the number of workers depending on the load. It would be ideal if we could try and evaluate both approaches. But my current impression is that using c-ares is the quickest and best compromise. ## Contribution wanted I have made it up to the PoC, but don't have much time to complete this. @naruse suggested me to create a ticket asking for contributions. Is anyone interested in this? * This patch changes `rsock_getaddrinfo` to accept a timeout argument. There are several places where Qnil is passed as a timeout (where I add `// TODO` in the PoC). We need to consider what timeout we should pass. * This cares only `getaddrinfo`, but we also need to care `getnameinfo` (and something else if any). There may be some issues I'm not aware of. * I have not yet tested this PoC seriously. It would be great if we could evaluate it with some real apps. Also, it would be great to hear from someone who knows more about c-ares. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:117618] [Ruby master Feature#20437] Could be the licensing conditions be made less ambiguous?
by vo.x (Vit Ondruch) 01 Dec '25

01 Dec '25

Issue #20437 has been reported by vo.x (Vit Ondruch). ---------------------------------------- Feature #20437: Could be the licensing conditions be made less ambiguous? https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20437 * Author: vo.x (Vit Ondruch) * Status: Open ---------------------------------------- # Current state The current [COPYING](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/6cfd929034f1fe3d93160365505a8b88… file says the following: ~~~ Ruby is copyrighted free software by Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz(a)netlab.jp>. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the 2-clause BSDL (see the file BSDL), or the conditions below: 1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the ... snip ... ~~~ And this is quite ambiguous. Let me show a few examples: # Ambiguous examples ## lib/net/protocol.rb https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/6cfd929034f1fe3d93160365505a8b88bef56159/… ~~~ # This program is free software. You can re-distribute and/or # modify this program under the same terms as Ruby itself, # Ruby Distribute License or GNU General Public License. ~~~ So what is the license? Is it 2-clause BSDL + Ruby + GPL? Or is is just Ruby + GPL but not 2-clause BSDL? ## Racc https://github.com/ruby/racc/blob/d52fb64d166046bfde81e6e9c424fcd884ebcabf/… ~~~ Racc is distributed under the same terms of ruby. (see the file COPYING). ~~~ where the [COPYING](https://github.com/ruby/racc/blob/d52fb64d166046bfde81e6e9c424fcd8… contains just 2-clause BSDL. Not even mentioning that Ruby used to be GPLv2 licensed: https://github.com/ruby/racc/commit/cc7fe952a6b1fc2ef43477674fa13f2d9d99e818 ## Rubygems https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/LICENSE.txt The license is obviously modeled after Ruby COPYING file, but if it could say "licensed under MIT or Ruby", it would be much better. ## Gettext https://github.com/ruby-gettext/gettext/blob/8d84132efd888e68fffbce41331645… The license note is so old that it is not obvious what that means and what was the intention. Did the Ruby relicensing from "GPLv2 or Ruby" to "GPLv2 or BSD" influenced this project? ## SPDX https://spdx.org/licenses/Ruby.html It quotes just the "conditions below" as a Ruby license, while referring to [Ruby license file](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/about/license.txt) mentioning also 2-clause BSDL # Proposal To me it seems that the whole world recognizes "Ruby" license, except Ruby. Therefore I think it would be nice if Ruby project recognized the "Ruby" license. There are two possibilities I can think of: ## Refer the license by name ~~~diff $ git diff diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index 48e5a96de7..a2d179a8a9 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Ruby is copyrighted free software by Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz(a)netlab.jp>. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the -2-clause BSDL (see the file BSDL), or the conditions below: +2-clause BSDL (see the file BSDL), or the conditions of the Ruby license below: 1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the software without restriction, provided that you duplicate all of the ~~~ ## Extract the "conditions below" into "Ruby" license file The "conditions below" text could be extracted into separate file (e.g. "RUBY_LICENSE") and the "COPYING" file rephrased to say: ~~~ Ruby is copyrighted free software by Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz(a)netlab.jp>. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the 2-clause BSDL (see the file BSDL), or Ruby license (see the file RUBY_LICENSE) ~~~ -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:122296] [Ruby Bug#21374] FrozenError message is inconsistent when a singleton method is defined on a frozen object
by andrykonchin (Andrew Konchin) 23 Nov '25

23 Nov '25

Issue #21374 has been reported by andrykonchin (Andrew Konchin). ---------------------------------------- Bug #21374: FrozenError message is inconsistent when a singleton method is defined on a frozen object https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21374 * Author: andrykonchin (Andrew Konchin) * Status: Open * Backport: 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN, 3.4: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- I would expect a message to contain an object class (e.g. `can't modify frozen <class>: <object#inspect>`) when an ordinary frozen object (non a module or class) is being modified. It works this way in the following example: ```ruby object = []; object.freeze; object.instance_variable_set(:@a, 42) # (irb):5:in `instance_variable_set': can't modify frozen Array: [] (FrozenError) ``` But it doesn't in the following example: ```ruby object = []; object.freeze; def object.x; end # (irb):4:in `<main>': can't modify frozen object: [] (FrozenError) ``` -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:119239] [Ruby master Feature#20750] Expose ruby_thread_has_gvl_p in ruby/thread.h
by kbrock (Keenan Brock) 19 Nov '25

19 Nov '25

Issue #20750 has been reported by kbrock (Keenan Brock). ---------------------------------------- Feature #20750: Expose ruby_thread_has_gvl_p in ruby/thread.h https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20750 * Author: kbrock (Keenan Brock) * Status: Open ---------------------------------------- Hello All, I'm hoping we can make `ruby_thread_has_gvl_p` a public method and no longer experimental. I saw the following code in a gem that was not compiling with ruby 3.3: ``` c // int ruby_thread_has_gvl_p(void); // <== line of concern if (ruby_thread_has_gvl_p()) { method_call(&context); } else { rb_thread_call_with_gvl(method_call, &context); } ``` 400 unique projects on github added the line listed above to fix compilation. [1] Some of the projects detected the method first in `extconf.rb`, but a majority just referenced it. `ffi` used to have the detection code but dropped it since the method was in all supported ruby versions. It feels like this method is now part of the undocumented public interface. My suggestion is to add the method to the real public interface in `ruby/thread.h`. PR with possible solution: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/11619 Also included a patch if that is easier Thank you for your consideration, Keenan Timeline: - Dec 30 2008 - `rb_thread_call_with_gvl` introduced via 9c04a06 [2] - Jan 12 2009 - `ruby_thread_has_gvl_p` introduced via 6f09fc2 [4] - Jul 18 2012 - `rb_thread_call_with_gvl` made public via e9a91d2 [3] Current references to code: `rb_thread_call_with_gvl` [5] `ruby_thread_has_gvl_p` [6]: [1]: https://github.com/search?q=ruby_thread_has_gvl_p+language%3AC++NOT+is%3Afo… [2]: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/9c04a0647fb99f7554cb2e04385ddbb970631e02 [3]: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/e9a91d2c95dfe22ad0487952f7a1053ef9a5fd16 [4]: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/6f09fc2efd1915c4337ce6dded52a8a8771c3222 [5]: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/master/thread.c#L1878 [6]: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/master/thread.c#L1923 ---Files-------------------------------- 11618.patch (3.18 KB) -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:121837] [Ruby Feature#21311] Namespace on read (revised)
by tagomoris (Satoshi Tagomori) 18 Nov '25

18 Nov '25

Issue #21311 has been reported by tagomoris (Satoshi Tagomori). ---------------------------------------- Feature #21311: Namespace on read (revised) https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21311 * Author: tagomoris (Satoshi Tagomori) * Status: Open ---------------------------------------- This replaces #19744 ## Concept This proposes a new feature to define virtual top-level namespaces in Ruby. Those namespaces can require/load libraries (either .rb or native extension) separately from other namespaces. Dependencies of required/loaded libraries are also required/loaded in the namespace. This feature will be disabled by default at first, and will be enabled by an env variable `RUBY_NAMESPACE=1` as an experimental feature. (It could be enabled by default in the future possibly.) ### "on read" approach The "on write" approach here is the design to define namespaces on the loaded side. For example, Java packages are defined in the .java files and it is required to separate namespaces from each other. It can be implemented very easily, but it requires all libraries to be updated with the package declaration. (In my opinion, it's almost impossible in the Ruby ecosystem.) The "on read" approach is to create namespaces and then require/load applications and libraries in them. Programmers can control namespace separation at the "read" time. So, we can introduce the namespace separation incrementally. ## Motivation The "namespace on read" can solve the 2 problems below, and can make a path to solve another problem: * Avoiding name conflicts between libraries * Applications can require two different libraries safely which use the same module name. * Avoiding unexpected globally shared modules/objects * Applications can make an independent/unshared module instance. * Multiple versions of gems can be required * Application developers will have fewer version conflicts between gem dependencies if rubygems/bundler will support the namespace on read. (Support from RubyGems/Bundler and/or other packaging systems will be needed) For the motivation details, see [Feature #19744]. ## How we can use Namespace ```ruby # app1.rb PORT = 2048 class App def self.port = ::PORT def val = PORT.to_s end p App.port # 2048 # app2.rb class Number def double = self * 2 end PORT = 2048.double class App def self.port = ::PORT def val = PORT.double.to_s end p App.port # 4096 # main.rb - executed as `ruby main.rb` ns1 = Namespace.new ns1.require('./app1') # 2048 ns2 = Namespace.new ns2.require('./app2') # 4096 PORT = 8080 class App def self.port = ::PORT def val = PORT.to_s end p App.port # 8080 p App.val # "8080" p ns1::App.port # 2048 p ns1::App.val # "2048" p ns2::App.port # 4096 p ns2::App.val # "8192" 1.double # NoMethodError ``` ## Namespace specification ### Types of namespaces There are two namespace types, "root" and "user" namespace. "Root" namespace exists solely in a Ruby process, and "user" namespaces can be created as many as Ruby programmers want. ### Root namespace Root namespace is a unique namespace to be defined when a Ruby process starts. It only contains built-in classes/modules/constants, which are available without any `require` calls, including RubyGems itself (when `--disable-gems` is not specified). ### User namespace User namespace is a namespace to run users' Ruby scripts. The "main" namespace is the namespace to run the user's `.rb` script specified by the `ruby` command-line argument. Other user namespaces ("optional" namespaces) can be created by `Namespace.new` call. In user namespace (both main and optional namespaces), built-in class/module definitions are copied from the root namespace, and other new classes/modules are defined in the namespace, separately from other (root/user) namespaces. The newly defined classes/modules are top-level classes/modules in the main namespace like `App`, but in optional namespaces, classes/modules are defined under the namespace (subclass of Module), like `ns::App`. In that namespace `ns`, `ns::App` is accessible as `App` (or `::App`). There is no way to access `App` in the main namespace from the code in the different namespace `ns`. ### Constants, class variables and global variables Constants, Class variables of built-in classes and global variables are also separated by namespace. Values set to class/global variables in a namespace are invisible in other namespaces. ### Methods and procs Methods defined in a namespace run with the defined namespace, even when called from other namespaces. Procs created in a namespace run with the defined namespace too. ### Dynamic link libraries Dynamic link libraries (typically .so files) are also loaded in namespaces as well as .rb files. ### Open class (Changes on built-in classes) In user namespaces, built-in class definitions can be modified. But those operations are processed as copy-on-write of class definition from the root namespace, and the changed definitions are visible only in the (user) namespace. Definitions in the root namespace are not modifiable from other namespaces. Methods defined in the root namespace run only with root-namespace definitions. ## Enabling Namespace Specify `RUBY_NAMESPACE=1` environment variable when starting Ruby processes. `1` is the only valid value here. Namespace feature can be enabled only when Ruby processes start. Setting `RUBY_NAMESPACE=1` after starting Ruby scripts performs nothing. ## Pull-request https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/13226 -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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