Embedding a Ruby interpreter in a C++ app

Question

I\'m hoping to use Ruby as a scripting language for my game engine. I\'ve found the usual articles describing how to call Ruby classes from C++ code and vice versa (e.g. her

Answer 1

You could always re-design the way the scripts work to suit the script engine rather than trying to get the engine to work with the original scripting paradigms.

So, if you had this:

proc:
  action 1
  action 2
  sleep a bit
  action 3
end

which would require the script to be suspended on the sleep line, do this:

proc
  action1
  action2
  set timer (time, callback_proc)
end

callback_proc
  action3
end

which lets the scripting engine finish each method neatly. It wouldn't need many changes to the hosting side - each version requires some form of event system which can restart the script engine.