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Command::Compiler#defines holds two kinds of define at once. Most of what
lands there is what the build configuration and the gems asked for. Four sites
write the other kind, where the build adds a define on its own behalf because
one of its switches was flipped:

site define switch
lib/mruby/build.rb enable_debug MRB_DEBUG conf.enable_debug
lib/mruby/build.rb enable_cxx_exception MRB_USE_CXX_EXCEPTION conf.enable_cxx_exception
lib/mruby/build.rb enable_cxx_abi MRB_USE_CXX_EXCEPTION, MRB_USE_CXX_ABI conf.enable_cxx_abi
tasks/toolchains/visualcpp.rake MRB_STACK_EXTEND_DOUBLING conf.toolchain :visualcpp

This PR moves those four into internal_defines, a second list on the same
object. Command::Compiler#all_flags reads both, so every build compiles with
the same -D set as before, and a build configuration keeps writing
conf.cc.defines the way it does today.

The toolchain overwrote the configuration

The visualcpp site is not an append but an assignment:

compiler.defines = %w(MRB_STACK_EXTEND_DOUBLING)

so a configuration that named its own defines before selecting the toolchain
lost them:

MRuby::Build.new('msvc') do |conf|
  conf.cc.defines << 'MRB_NO_STDIO'
  toolchain :visualcpp
end
cc.defines cc.internal_defines -D on the command line
master ["MRB_STACK_EXTEND_DOUBLING"] /DMRB_STACK_EXTEND_DOUBLING
this PR ["MRB_NO_STDIO"] ["MRB_STACK_EXTEND_DOUBLING"] /DMRB_NO_STDIO /DMRB_STACK_EXTEND_DOUBLING

MRB_NO_STDIO was gone from the build, silently. Nothing in the tree is bitten
today: build_config/ci/msvc.rb and the other MSVC configurations call
conf.toolchain :visualcpp before they name a define, which is the one order
that survives. The toolchain now writes a list no configuration writes, so the
order stops mattering.

has_define?

Command::Compiler#has_define? answers from both lists, comparing the name and
not the value so a define carrying one (FOO=1) still matches. mruby-compiler
is the one gem that has to read a build switch, and it reads it here:

# mrbgems/mruby-compiler/mrbgem.rake
cc.defines << 'MRC_DEBUG' if cc.has_define?('MRB_DEBUG')

It cannot ask build.has_define?: that refuses to answer until
defines_final!, because a gem contributes its defines when its own
mrbgem.rake body runs, and this line runs during that pass. Asking the compiler
is the answer that does not depend on gem order, since the build wrote
MRB_DEBUG before any gem was set up. Without the change the test would read
false under conf.enable_debug, MRC_DEBUG would go missing, and
PRISM_BUILD_MINIMAL would stub out pm_prettyprint(), taking the AST dump of
mruby -v with it.

Build#has_define? covers internal_defines too, so a build switch stays
visible to a gem that asks about it from spec.build_settings.

Testing

rake -m test, all green:

build tests
default build_config/default.rb 2085 total, 2056 OK, 29 skip, 0 KO, 0 crash
full-core with conf.enable_debug 2303 total, 2301 OK, 2 skip, 0 KO, 0 crash
full-core with conf.enable_cxx_abi 2303 total, 2293 OK, 10 skip, 0 KO, 0 crash

The debug build's -D set is unchanged and MRC_DEBUG survives the move:

$ build/host-debug/bin/mruby -v -e 'p 1'
mruby 4.0.0 (2026-04-20)
@ ProgramNode (location: (1,0)-(1,3))
+-- locals: []
+-- statements:
...

The C++ ABI build compiles with MRB_USE_CXX_EXCEPTION MRB_USE_CXX_ABI as
before, and mruby-compiler still adds __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS and
__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS from build.cxx_abi_enabled?.

No test accompanies the change. The Rake build has no test harness of its own,
and the three builds above are what exercises the four moved sites.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved compiler configuration handling so debug and C++ build options are applied more consistently.
    • Ensured internally selected build settings are recognized when checking compiler capabilities.
    • Improved Visual C++ builds by correctly applying stack extension behavior.
    • Updated compiler configuration documentation to better reflect supported build settings.

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The build system separates internal compiler defines from externally supplied defines. Compiler lookup and flag generation include both collections. Build helpers and toolchains now use internal defines, and the compiler gem uses the shared lookup method.

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Internal compiler define handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Compiler define contract
lib/mruby/build/command.rb
Command::Compiler stores internal defines separately, detects macros by name, and emits both define collections as compiler flags.
Build define integration
lib/mruby/build.rb
Debug and C++ build switches use internal defines. Build-level has_define? checks build defines and compiler internal defines.
Define consumer migration
mrbgems/mruby-compiler/mrbgem.rake, tasks/toolchains/visualcpp.rake
The compiler gem uses cc.has_define?, and the Visual C++ toolchain stores MRB_STACK_EXTEND_DOUBLING as an internal define.

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The change separates build-owned defines without changing the resulting compiler flags and addresses configuration defines being overwritten by the Visual C++ toolchain; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Possibly related PRs

  • mruby/mruby#7159: Adds related define-querying behavior across build and compiler define sources.
  • mruby/mruby#7171: Extends define lookup for build and compiler-internal definitions.
  • mruby/mruby#7176: Modifies the same define-management logic and related consumers.

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lib/mruby/build/command.rb (1)

39-45: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use toolchain-specific wording for define flags.

Line 42 says both lists reach the compiler as -D. tasks/toolchains/visualcpp.rake:14 sets the Visual C++ prefix to /D%s. Update the comment to describe compiler-specific define flags, or name both forms.

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-    # build adds on its own behalf, from its own switches (`enable_debug`,
-    # `enable_cxx_abi`) or from a toolchain. Both reach the compiler as `-D`;
+    # build adds on its own behalf, from its own switches (`enable_debug`,
+    # `enable_cxx_abi`) or from a toolchain. Both reach the compiler as
+    # toolchain-specific define flags (`-D` or `/D`);

The Visual C++ define prefix is configured in tasks/toolchains/visualcpp.rake:14.

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In `@lib/mruby/build/command.rb` around lines 39 - 45, Update the comment above
internal_defines to describe compiler-specific define flag forms rather than
asserting all compilers use -D; account for both -D and Visual C++’s /D prefix
while preserving the explanation of the two define lists.
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Inline comments:
In `@tasks/toolchains/visualcpp.rake`:
- Line 12: Update the internal_defines assignment in the visualcpp toolchain
configuration to add MRB_STACK_EXTEND_DOUBLING without replacing existing
defines, preserving debugging and C++ ABI/exception-related entries enabled
earlier.

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In `@lib/mruby/build/command.rb`:
- Around line 39-45: Update the comment above internal_defines to describe
compiler-specific define flag forms rather than asserting all compilers use -D;
account for both -D and Visual C++’s /D prefix while preserving the explanation
of the two define lists.
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`Command::Compiler#defines` mixed two things: what the build config and the
gems asked for, and what the build added on its own behalf. Split the second
kind into `internal_defines` and move the four sites that write it there:
`enable_debug` (`MRB_DEBUG`), `enable_cxx_exception` and `enable_cxx_abi`
(`MRB_USE_CXX_EXCEPTION`, `MRB_USE_CXX_ABI`), and the `visualcpp` toolchain
(`MRB_STACK_EXTEND_DOUBLING`). `all_flags` reads both lists, so every build
still compiles with the same `-D` set.

The toolchain site changes behavior. It wrote `compiler.defines = %w(...)`,
an assignment, so a config that named its own defines before selecting the
toolchain lost them:

    MRuby::Build.new('msvc') do |conf|
      conf.cc.defines << 'MRB_NO_STDIO'
      toolchain :visualcpp
    end

built without `MRB_NO_STDIO`, and a `conf.enable_debug` before the same line
lost `MRB_DEBUG` from the C compiler as well. The toolchain now unions its
define into `internal_defines`, a list no config writes, so neither the order
nor a repeated `toolchain :visualcpp` changes what the build compiles with.

`Command::Compiler#has_define?` answers from both lists. `mruby-compiler`
tests for `MRB_DEBUG` while its own mrbgem.rake body runs, where
`Build#has_define?` refuses to answer because the gems after it have not
contributed their defines yet; it reads the compiler's own list instead of
matching the name by hand. `Build#has_define?` covers `internal_defines`
too, so a build switch stays visible to the gems that ask about it.
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