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The Prism codegen compiles case PM_FLOAT_NODE out under MRC_NO_FLOAT (which
mrc_common.h derives from MRB_NO_FLOAT), so a float literal falls through to
the default arm of codegen() and the compile dies with the arm's internal
message:

$ MRUBY_CONFIG=host-nofloat rake test
...
      MRBC mrbgems/mruby-compar-ext/test/compar.rb
mrbgems/mruby-compar-ext/test/compar.rb:4: Not implemented: PM_FLOAT_NODE
mrbgems/mruby-compar-ext/test/compar.rb:0:0: generator error, Not implemented: PM_FLOAT_NODE
rake aborted!

The lrama parser read the same literal as the Integer 0 and warned
floating-point numbers are not supported (parse.y, since acdc2d1 added
MRB_WITHOUT_FLOAT), and the shared test files are written against that: 73
Object.const_defined?(:Float) guards in test/t and the gem tests skip the
Float rows at run time, which only helps once the file has compiled. Counted
with the fixed mrbc -v, 13 of the 43 files in test/t hold a float literal
(374 of them, 226 in float.rb alone) and 21 gem test files do, so with the arm
missing no MRB_NO_FLOAT build can run the suite at all; the compile stops at
the first such file, compar.rb:4 for build_config/host-nofloat.rb and
test/t/array.rb:65 for build_config/no-float.rb (since #7230 gave that cross
build an mrbc that answers the float question the way its target does).

Fix

Give PM_FLOAT_NODE a MRC_NO_FLOAT arm that appends a generator warning at
the literal and emits the Integer 0, what the lrama parser produced. The warning
goes through the diagnostic list like the Prism parser warnings, so mrbc -v
and mirb report it, with the file, line and column of the literal:

$ printf 'p 1.5\n' > f.rb
$ build/host-nofloat/bin/mrbc -v -o f.mrb f.rb
...
f.rb:1:3: generator warning, floating-point numbers are not supported
$ build/host-nofloat/bin/mruby -b f.mrb
0
$ echo 'p 1.5' | build/host-nofloat/bin/mirb
mirb - Embeddable Interactive Ruby Shell

1> 0
warning: line 1: generator warning, floating-point numbers are not supported
 => 0

With the suite compiling again, five rows fail at run time because their Float
is now 0 instead of the row being skipped: the four Float arena tests in
test/t/gc.rb (OP_DIV divides by zero, OP_ADDI sees -1),
Integer.__ensure(1.9), defined?(Float::INFINITY) and
"a,b".split(/,/, 1.5). They are guarded the way the rows around them are.

The comment in mruby-string-bitops/test/string_bitops.rb that described a
float literal as not compiling under MRB_NO_FLOAT is updated, and
doc/guides/mrbconf.md gains the sentence.

Two tests pin the new arm: test/t/literals.rb asserts the Integer 0
in-process, so every MRB_NO_FLOAT build that runs mrbtest checks it, and the
mrbc bintest compiles p 1.5 with mrbc -v, asserts the warning with the
literal's file, line and column, and runs the bytecode on the build's mruby for
the 0. Both skip in a Float build.

Scope

Float builds compile the same arm as before; the #ifndef moved inside the
case. codegen.o of the default build disassembles identically apart from
the __LINE__ immediates in the assertions.

Verification

rake test per config, master and this PR:

config master this PR
build_config/host-nofloat.rb (MRB_NO_FLOAT, bintest on) rake aborted at compar.rb:4 1739 OK, 0 KO, 0 Crash, 94 Skip; bintest 68 OK
build_config/no-float.rb (MRB_NO_FLOAT cross build, native runner) rake aborted at test/t/array.rb:65 675 OK, 0 KO, 0 Crash, 25 Skip
default (build_config/default.rb) 2073 OK, 0 KO, 0 Crash, 50 Skip; bintest 111 OK 2073 OK, 0 KO, 0 Crash, 51 Skip; bintest 111 OK, 1 Skip

rake test, build_config/ci/gcc-clang.rb, all five builds plus bintest, this
PR (the guards are no-ops in a Float build, and the codegen arm they compile is
the one they compiled before):

build Total OK KO Crash Skip
full-debug 2347 2342 0 0 5
bintest 2347 2334 0 0 13
cxx_abi 2347 2334 0 0 13
byte-string 2277 2227 0 0 50
ascii-case 2344 2331 0 0 13
bintest (bintest) 122 122 0 0 0

.text of mrbgems/mruby-compiler/src/codegen.o, master vs this PR:

build flags master this PR
default (build/host) -O3 87081 87081 (±0)
no-float.rb, its mrbc (build/mrbc/no-float) -O3 -DMRB_NO_FLOAT 87337 87401 (+64)
host-nofloat.rb (build/host-nofloat) -O0 -DMRB_NO_FLOAT -DMRB_DEBUG 111037 111162 (+125)

The shared test files were what #7230 named as the remaining distance between
an MRB_NO_FLOAT build and a running suite; this closes it.

Environment

Details
OS Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS, Linux 7.0.0-28-generic x86_64
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
C compiler gcc (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04.1) 13.3.0
binutils GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.47.20260726
CRuby ruby 4.0.6 (2026-07-14 revision 03b6d3f889) +PRISM [x86_64-linux]
rake 13.3.1

The compile line of mrbgems/mruby-compiler/src/codegen.c in each build
(-I, -MMD -c and -o dropped):

# default, build/host
gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O3 -Wall -Wundef -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wwrite-strings -DPRISM_XALLOCATOR -DPRISM_DEPTH_MAXIMUM=256 -DMRC_TARGET_MRUBY -DPRISM_BUILD_MINIMAL -DMRBGEM_MRUBY_COMPILER_VERSION=0.0.0 -DHAVE_MRUBY_REGEXP_GEM -DMRB_USE_SET -DHAVE_MRUBY_IO_GEM -DMRB_USE_RATIONAL -DMRB_USE_COMPLEX -DMRB_USE_BIGINT -DMRB_USE_DEBUG_HOOK mrbgems/mruby-compiler/src/codegen.c
# host-nofloat.rb, build/host-nofloat (enable_debug appends -g3 -O0)
gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O3 -Wall -Wundef -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wwrite-strings -g3 -O0 -DMRB_NO_FLOAT -DPRISM_XALLOCATOR -DPRISM_DEPTH_MAXIMUM=256 -DMRC_TARGET_MRUBY -DMRC_DEBUG -DMRC_DUMP_PRETTY -DMRBGEM_MRUBY_COMPILER_VERSION=0.0.0 -DMRB_DEBUG -DHAVE_MRUBY_REGEXP_GEM -DMRB_USE_SET -DHAVE_MRUBY_IO_GEM mrbgems/mruby-compiler/src/codegen.c
# no-float.rb, build/no-float (target) and build/mrbc/no-float (its mrbc)
gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O3 -Wall -Wundef -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wwrite-strings -g3 -O0 -DMRB_NO_FLOAT -DPRISM_XALLOCATOR -DPRISM_DEPTH_MAXIMUM=256 -DMRC_TARGET_MRUBY -DMRC_DEBUG -DMRC_DUMP_PRETTY -DMRBGEM_MRUBY_COMPILER_VERSION=0.0.0 -DMRB_DEBUG mrbgems/mruby-compiler/src/codegen.c
gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O3 -Wall -Wundef -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wwrite-strings -DMRB_NO_FLOAT -DMRB_NO_GEMS -DPRISM_XALLOCATOR -DPRISM_DEPTH_MAXIMUM=256 -DPRISM_BUILD_MINIMAL -DMRBGEM_MRUBY_COMPILER_VERSION=0.0.0 mrbgems/mruby-compiler/src/codegen.c

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Ruby builds without floating-point support now compile floating-point literals as integer 0 and emit a compiler warning.
    • Builds with floating-point support continue to preserve floating-point literal behavior.
  • Documentation

    • Added documentation describing floating-point behavior when MRB_NO_FLOAT is enabled.
  • Tests

    • Updated tests to run conditionally when floating-point support is available.

The Prism codegen compiles `case PM_FLOAT_NODE` out under `MRC_NO_FLOAT`
(which `MRB_NO_FLOAT` maps to), so a float literal falls through to the
default arm and the compile dies with an internal message:

    $ MRUBY_CONFIG=host-nofloat rake test
    ...
          MRBC mrbgems/mruby-compar-ext/test/compar.rb
    mrbgems/mruby-compar-ext/test/compar.rb:4: Not implemented: PM_FLOAT_NODE
    mrbgems/mruby-compar-ext/test/compar.rb:0:0: generator error, Not implemented: PM_FLOAT_NODE
    rake aborted!

The lrama parser read the same literal as the Integer 0 and warned
`floating-point numbers are not supported` (parse.y, since acdc2d1
added `MRB_WITHOUT_FLOAT`), and the shared test files are written
against that: 73 `Object.const_defined?(:Float)` guards in test/t and
the gem tests skip the Float rows at run time, which only helps once
the file has compiled.  13 of the 43 files in test/t hold a float
literal (374 of them, 226 in float.rb alone) and 21 gem test files do,
so with the arm missing no `MRB_NO_FLOAT` build can run the suite at
all: the compile stops at the first such file (compar.rb:4 for
build_config/host-nofloat.rb, test/t/array.rb:65 for
build_config/no-float.rb).

Give `PM_FLOAT_NODE` a `MRC_NO_FLOAT` arm that appends a generator
warning at the literal and emits the Integer 0, what the lrama parser
produced.  The warning goes through the diagnostic list like the Prism
parser warnings, so `mrbc -v` and mirb report it:

    $ printf 'p 1.5\n' > f.rb
    $ build/host-nofloat/bin/mrbc -v -o f.mrb f.rb
    ...
    f.rb:1:3: generator warning, floating-point numbers are not supported
    $ build/host-nofloat/bin/mruby -b f.mrb
    0

With the suite compiling again, five rows fail at run time because
their Float is now 0 instead of the row being skipped: the four Float
arena tests in test/t/gc.rb (`OP_DIV` divides by zero, `OP_ADDI` sees
-1), `Integer.__ensure(1.9)`, `defined?(Float::INFINITY)` and
`"a,b".split(/,/, 1.5)`.  Guard them the way the rows around them are
guarded.  `rake test` per config:

    host-nofloat.rb  before: rake aborted at compar.rb:4
                     after:  1738 OK, 0 KO, 0 Crash, 94 Skip; bintest 67 OK
    no-float.rb      before: rake aborted at test/t/array.rb:65
                     after:  674 OK, 0 KO, 0 Crash
    default          before and after: 2073 OK, 0 KO; bintest 111 OK

The comment in mruby-string-bitops/test/string_bitops.rb that described
a float literal as not compiling under `MRB_NO_FLOAT` is updated, and
doc/guides/mrbconf.md gains the sentence.
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The compiler now handles float literals in MRB_NO_FLOAT builds by warning and emitting integer 0. Documentation describes this behavior, and Float-dependent tests now skip when Float is unavailable.

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MRB_NO_FLOAT support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Float literal compilation behavior
mrbgems/mruby-compiler/src/codegen.c, doc/guides/mrbconf.md
Float-disabled builds warn for float literals and compile them as integer 0. Float-enabled builds retain literal-pool loading. The configuration guide documents the behavior.
Float-disabled literal regression coverage
mrbgems/mruby-bin-mrbc/bintest/mrbc.rb, test/t/literals.rb
Regression tests verify compiler warnings, execution results of 0, signed and exponent forms, and Integer classification.
Float-dependent test guards
mrbgems/mruby-regexp/test/string_regexp.rb, mrbgems/mruby-string-bitops/test/string_bitops.rb, test/t/gc.rb, test/t/integer.rb, test/t/syntax.rb
Tests that require Float now run conditionally. String bit operation comments describe behavior across build configurations.

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The PR makes no-float builds compile float literals as Integer 0 with warnings and reports successful coverage across the affected suites. A minor test-harness issue remains because temporary paths are not quoted when commands are invoked, which can cause failures in unusual path environments; the change is otherwise mergeable with this follow-up.

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Comment thread mrbgems/mruby-compiler/src/codegen.c
The previous commit reads a float literal as the Integer 0 under
`MRB_NO_FLOAT` and appends a generator warning at the literal, and the
only rows that exercised it were the ones it made skip.  Pin both:

- test/t/literals.rb asserts the value in-process, so every
  `MRB_NO_FLOAT` build that runs mrbtest checks it, cross builds
  without bintest included;
- the mrbc bintest compiles `p 1.5` with `mrbc -v`, asserts the
  warning with the literal's file, line and column, and runs the
  bytecode on the build's mruby for the `0`.  Whether the build has
  Float is asked of that mruby, since mrbc itself cannot be asked; a
  build without one skips.

Both skip in a Float build.  `rake test`, host-nofloat.rb: 1739 OK
(one more), bintest 68 OK (one more); default: both rows skip, totals
otherwise unchanged.
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skip 'no mruby to probe the build with' unless File.exist?(cmd_bin('mruby'))
system("#{cmd('mruby')} -e Float", out: File::NULL, err: File::NULL)
skip 'this build has Float' if $?.success?

a, out = Tempfile.new('a.rb'), Tempfile.new('out.mrb')
a.write("x = 1\np 1.5\n")
a.flush
result = `#{cmd('mrbc')} -v -o #{out.path} #{a.path} 2>&1`
assert_equal 0, $?.exitstatus
assert_include result, "#{a.path}:2:3: generator warning, floating-point numbers are not supported"
assert_equal "0\n", `#{cmd('mruby')} -b #{out.path}`

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