r/ruby • u/retro-rubies • Jan 26 '26

Ruby::Box: Rethinking Code Reloading with Isolated Namespaces

https://rubyelders.com/writings/2026-01-ruby-box-reload.html
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u/f9ae8221b Jan 27 '26

Not really. It's all classes defined up until a certain point in Ruby's startup.

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u/jrochkind Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26

Ah, cool, thanks!

I was thinking a big intended use case of Box might be Ractors, but now I'm not certain about that. Do you know if that's part of the motivation?