string.c: name the ASCII option for what it narrows - #7270
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`MRB_USE_ASCII_CASE` narrows case conversion back to ASCII on a build that keeps the character indexing of `MRB_UTF8_STRING`. Case is the one thing such a build knows of a character beyond its bytes today, so the name fit. It stops fitting with the next tables: what a character is, drawn from DerivedCoreProperties.txt of the same Unicode database the case tables come from, sits under the same guard, and a target that dropped the case tables to count its bytes drops those the same way. A define named for case would be the wrong name for a table that classifies. Rename it `MRB_USE_ASCII_CTYPE`, and the CI build that defines it `ascii-ctype`. Nothing else moves: the same builds convert the same case and `/i` refuses the same patterns. mrbconf.md now describes the option as narrowing character classification, with case as what is classified so far. `mruby-regexp/test/ascii_case.rb` and `ascii_case_conv()` keep their names, being about case and nothing wider.
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MRB_USE_ASCII_CTYPE,String#casecmp?does not use Unicode folding. Therefore,"ä".casecmp?("Ä")and"ß".casecmp?("ss")do not returntrue. The ASCII path also passes malformed bytes through instead of raisingArgumentError. Qualify the Unicode text for builds withoutMRB_USE_ASCII_CTYPE, then document the ASCII-only results separately.Proposed documentation correction
-On a build defining `MRB_UTF8_STRING`, folding follows Unicode, and one folding may spell a character as several. `MRB_USE_ASCII_CTYPE` narrows it back to ASCII: +On a build defining `MRB_UTF8_STRING` without `MRB_USE_ASCII_CTYPE`, folding follows Unicode, and one folding may spell a character as several: "ä".casecmp?("Ä") #=> true "ß".casecmp?("ss") #=> true + +With `MRB_USE_ASCII_CTYPE`, folding is ASCII-only: + +"ä".casecmp?("Ä") #=> false +"ß".casecmp?("ss") #=> false🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@mrbgems/mruby-string-ext/README.md`:
- Around line 812-819: Update the String#casecmp? documentation to qualify the
Unicode folding examples and invalid-byte ArgumentError behavior as applying
only when MRB_USE_ASCII_CTYPE is not defined; add a separate description of the
ASCII-only path, including that the ä/Ä and ß/ss examples are not true and
malformed bytes are passed through without raising.
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The `casecmp?` entry says `MRB_USE_ASCII_CTYPE` narrows folding back to ASCII
and then shows `"ä".casecmp?("Ä")` as `true`, so the examples read as what the
narrowed build answers, which is the opposite of what it answers. The
`ArgumentError` paragraph below them is stated for every build the same way,
where the narrowed one compares bytes that spell no character as they stand.
Close the Unicode examples before the option is named, mark the refusal as the
Unicode build's, and give the narrowed build examples of its own:
```ruby
"ä".casecmp?("Ä") #=> false
"ß".casecmp?("ss") #=> false
"\xff".casecmp?("\xff") #=> true
```
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MRB_USE_ASCII_CASEnarrows case conversion back to ASCII on a build that keeps the character indexing ofMRB_UTF8_STRING. Case is the one thing such a build knows of a character beyond its bytes today, so the name fit. It stops fitting with the next table: what a character is, the classification a regexp POSIX bracket like[[:alpha:]]asks for, drawn fromDerivedCoreProperties.txtof the same Unicode database the case tables come from, sits under the same guard, since a target that dropped the case tables to count its bytes drops that one the same way. A define named for case would be the wrong name for a table that classifies.This PR renames it
MRB_USE_ASCII_CTYPE, and the CI build that defines itascii-ctype. Nothing else moves: the same builds convert the same case and/irefuses the same patterns.What changes
#if defined(MRB_UTF8_STRING) && !defined(MRB_USE_ASCII_CASE)insrc/string.c,src/unicase.c,include/mruby/internal.handmrbgems/mruby-regexp/include/re_internal.hreadsMRB_USE_ASCII_CTYPE, as does the test file selection inmrbgems/mruby-regexp/mrbgem.rake.build_config/ci/gcc-clang.rb: the buildascii-casebecomesascii-ctypeand defines the new name.doc/guides/mrbconf.mddescribes the option as narrowing the character classification ofMRB_UTF8_STRINGback to ASCII while keeping its indexing, with case as what is classified so far;doc/guides/language.md,doc/limitations.mdand the two gem READMEs (mruby-regexp,mruby-string-ext) name the new spelling. Comments in the tests that name the option follow.mrbgems/mruby-regexp/test/ascii_case.rbandascii_case_conv()insrc/string.ckeep their names, being about case and nothing wider.No compatibility shim for the old name: the option landed in #7190 on 2026-08-15 and has had no release.
Size
bin/mruby,full-core, gcc 13.3.0-g -O3(the toolchain default),size -A, master and this branch built at the same path:.textmaster.textthis PR.rodatamaster.rodatathis PRMRB_USE_ASCII_CASE/MRB_USE_ASCII_CTYPEA build reading its strings as bytes compiles nothing the option guards, and is not built again here.
Testing
Full suite green (single commit).
ci/gcc-clangfull-debugci/gcc-clangbintestci/gcc-clangcxx_abici/gcc-clangbyte-stringci/gcc-clangascii-ctyperake -m test)The
ascii-ctypebuild skipsString#swapcase - UnicodeandString#casecmp? - Unicodeand runs the ASCII rows, asascii-casedid, and its.flagsrecord shows-DMRB_USE_ASCII_CTYPEon every compile line.grep -r MRB_USE_ASCII_CASEover the tree finds nothing outsidebuild/.Environment
Machine, toolchain, and the compile line of every build
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src/string.cin eachbuild_config/ci/gcc-clang.rbbuild (-MMD -c,-I, and-odropped).full-debugis-O0becauseenable_debugappends-g3 -O0after the toolchain's-g -O3;cxx_abicompiles C as C++ withgcc -x c++ -std=gnu++03, g++ only links.Summary by CodeRabbit
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