In Ring 1.25 (GitHub) - Better Ring Object File (*.ringo) format

[Mahmoud Fayed]

Hello

This is one of the new features provided by Ring 1.25 (under development)

The Ring Object File (*.ringo) format is revised to Reduce storage and Increase performance by over 40%

For example, For PWCT2 project

(1) pwct.ringo size is reduced from 21MB to 12MB 

Note: You can compress this file to around 2MB file as zip file 

(2) loading time  

At first prepare the object file using specific Ring version

ring pwct.ring -go -norun

Then test the loading performance

Test: (ring pwct.ringo -norun -clock)

Using Ring 1.24: 565 ms

Using Ring 1.25: 315 ms

Things to remember about the Ring Object File (*.ringo)

(1) It's portable, the same ringo file could be loaded using Ring for Windows/Linux/macOS/etc.

i.e. compile once, run everywhere

(2) Using Ring State (Embedded Ring in Ring) you can load a Ringo file during runtime, for example (a Ringo file for Softanza Library) then execute some code. This is faster than compiling stzlib, also, using such a way it will be more easier to distribute StzLib updates (just distribute one file)

Example: 

pState = ring_state_new()
ring_state_mainfile(pstate,"stzlib.ringo")
ring_state_runcode(pstate,"? 'We can call functions from Ring Object File!' ")

ring_state_runcode(pState,`

oOrg = new stzOrgChart("Basic_Hierarchy")
oOrg {
    SetLayout("TD")
   
    # Add executive position
    AddExecutivePositionXT(:ceo, "CEO") # ceo is the ID of the node and CEO it's label
   
    # Add management positions
    AddManagementPositionXT(:vp_sales, "VP Sales")
    AddManagementPositionXT(:vp_eng, "VP Engineering")
   
    # Set reporting lines
    ReportsTo(:vp_sales, :ceo)
    ReportsTo(:vp_eng, :ceo)
   
    # Add staff positions with attributes
    AddStaffPositionXTT(:sales_rep1, "Sales Rep 1", [:region = "North"])
    AddStaffPositionXTT(:dev1, "Developer 1", [:skill = "Backend"])
   
    ReportsTo(:sales_rep1, :vp_sales)
    ReportsTo(:dev1, :vp_eng)
   
    View()
}

`)

ring_state_delete(pState)

? :done

Such a code could we wrapped in one class or function that call StzLib 

This requires stzlib.ringo file to be in the app folder 

Think of *.ringo files as DLL/So/Dylib files but contains Ring byte code 

Such a way to test StzLib samples is at least 2x faster (loading time) than using (load "stzlib.ring")

Greetings,

Mahmoud

[Mansour Ayouni]

Hello Mahmoud,

This is magical and fantastic !

I'm so happy you made such a feature possible for us.

THANK YOU!

All the best,

Mansour

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[Mahmoud Fayed]

Hello Mansour

You are welcome :D

Greetings,

Mahmoud