Tbh I had no idea this was even a thing until recently. I've been working with Rails for a while now and somehow never came across it. So let me explain it the way I understood it. You know how we normally do associations in Rails, User has many Posts, Post belongs to User. Two different models, two different tables. Simple. But what if a model needs to reference itself? Like same table, same mode
Phase 11 just introduced compound assign lowering on submain, pulling +=, -=, *=, /=, and %%= into the IR backend. All in all, 126 new lines in src/ir/lower.rs and three fresh tests. These operators mark their maiden voyage through the IR backend, and while main keeps its 78/78 green tests, submain stays ahead by 22 commits with a 33-day bridge to cross. Commit 9015aff on submain is the sentinel.
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Why I built another Ruby test runner inspired by Playwright Test Ruby already has great testing tools. If you are building Rails applications today, you probably use one of these combinations: RSpec + Capybara Minitest + Capybara Rails system tests Maybe Selenium, Cuprite, Ferrum, or Playwright through Ruby bindings These tools are mature, battle-tested, and widely used. So the natural question
Two sub-packets landed on submain today, moving the IR backend closer to supporting structs properly. The first package upgrades the instruction set to handle memory operations, and the second implements a struct registry integrated into the lowering pass. Together, these changes allow the lowering pass to recognize and manipulate the structs' memory representations, setting the stage for future s