hdima/erlport

ErlPort is a library that enables communication between Erlang and external processes running Python 2/3 or Ruby 1.8/1.9. It provides a bridge for inter-process messaging, allowing Erlang nodes to call methods and exchange data with scripts in these languages via standard input/output redirection. The system includes comprehensive test suites to verify the correctness of term encoding, decoding, and error handling across all supported language versions.

The ErlPort library now includes a complete Python 3 implementation, providing full compatibility with Python 3 environments. This update introduces a new \erlang.py\ module that handles message handling, encoding, and decoding for Python 3, alongside updated \erlproto.py\ and \erlterms.py\ modules to support the Python 3 runtime. Additionally, a new \stdio.py\ module enables redirection of standard input and output streams for Python 3 processes, allowing for more robust interaction between Erlang and Python 3 applications.

priv/python3/erlport · high confidence

The ErlPort library now includes a complete Ruby 1.8/1.9 implementation, providing a new CLI entry point and supporting message IDs to handle concurrent calls. This update introduces a command-line interface for the Ruby port, adds \self()\ and \make\_ref()\ functions to the Erlang module, and implements a custom endcoding/decoding mechanism for Ruby, enabling more robust communication between Erlang and Ruby processes.

priv/ruby1.8/erlport · high confidence

The ErlPort library now supports Ruby 1.9, enabling communication with Erlang using that Ruby version. This includes a new implementation file (erlterms.rb) that handles Erlang external term format decoding and encoding, along with specific handling for Unicode characters and symbols in Ruby 1.9.

priv/ruby1.9/erlport · high confidence

Added a new documentation overview page (overview.edoc) that includes author, copyright, version, and title metadata. Additionally, a .gitignore file was added to the doc directory to exclude generated HTML, PNG, CSS, and edoc-info files from version control.

doc · high confidence

The ErlPort library now includes a complete Python 2 implementation, adding modules for the Erlang port protocol, term encoding/decoding, and CLI options. This enables Python 2 scripts to communicate with Erlang nodes via standard input/output redirection, supporting features like message IDs, call/cast operations, and custom encoders/decoders.

priv/python2/erlport · high confidence

The \erlport\ package has removed its internal implementation of the Erlang external term format and port protocol. Specifically, the \erlterms.py\ and \erlproto.py\ modules, along with their associated documentation and test files, have been deleted. This eliminates the built-in support for encoding and decoding Erlang terms and managing port communication, meaning users relying on this internal protocol handling will need to use an external library or alternative approach for Erlang interop.

src/erlport · high confidence

The project has been redesigned as an Erlang application with a new Makefile-based build system, replacing the previous setup. This includes adding a \Makefile\ with targets for compilation, testing, and release, along with helper scripts (\get\_versions\, \print\_versions\, \runtest\, \testall\, \release\, \releaseall\) to manage multi-version testing across different Erlang, Python, and Ruby environments. The repository now includes an \AUTHORS\ file, a \CONTRIBUTORS\ file, a \LICENSE\ file, and a \dialyzer.ignore\ file for static analysis warnings. The old \setup.py\ for Python packaging has been removed, and the \.gitignore\ has been updated to reflect the new build artifacts and directories.

(repo-wide) · high confidence

A new Ruby 1.8-specific implementation of the ErlPort term encoding/decoding logic has been added to support older Ruby versions. This change introduces a dedicated code path for Ruby 1.8, ensuring that the library functions correctly on that specific runtime version.

ruby · medium confidence

A new .app file was added to the ebin directory, defining the erlport application with version 0.9.8 and listing its modules (erlport, erlport\_options, erlport\_utils, python, python\_options, ruby, ruby\_options) and dependencies (kernel, stdlib).

ebin · high confidence

The ErlPort library has been refactored to support named instances for both Python and Ruby interfaces, allowing them to be registered with local or global names via the \start\ and \start\_link\ functions. The core \erlport\ module now handles message passing and timeout management more robustly, with improved error propagation and a unified exception format. Additionally, the codebase has been reorganized to extract option parsing into dedicated modules (\erlport\_options\, \python\_options\, \ruby\_options\) and utility functions (\erlport\_utils\), improving maintainability and clarity.

src · high confidence

Add Python 3 test suite for Erlang/OTP; Added Python 2 integration tests; Added Python 2 test suite for Erlport; Added Ruby 1.8 test suite for ErlPort; Added Ruby 1.8 test suite for ErlPort integration; Added Ruby 1.9 test suite and utilities; Added unit tests for Erlang term encoding and decoding; Expanded test coverage for Python and Ruby integration.

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• CAI 45 → 52 (+7.1)
• Rubric changed (rubric-2026.08.19 → rubric-2026.09.15) — scores are not directly comparable.

• Code Health 92 (new)
• Architecture 100 → 100 (+0.0)
• Maturity 35 → 28 (-7.4)
• Readiness 26 → 52 (+26.8)
• Security 95 → 95 (+0.0)

• Coverage not included — suite not readable by the collector
• Dependency hygiene not measured — dependency manifest found but not parsed for hygiene
• No exposed public API
• Test reliability not included
• complexity unreadable for .erl, .hrl, .py, .rb — churn × complexity hotspots could not be measured
• dormant codebase — no living knowledge left to concentrate

• Coverage not measured — no coverage collector is wired up
• Documentation: no installation or build instructions (README.rst)
• Documentation: no usage examples (README.rst)
• Duplicated block (10 lines × 2) (src/python_options.erl)
• Duplicated block (11 lines × 2) (src/python.erl)
• Duplicated block (12 lines × 2) (src/python.erl)
• Duplicated block (5 lines × 2) (src/python_options.erl)
• ErlTerm.decode_term (cognitive 65) (priv/ruby1.8/erlport/erlterms.rb)
• ErlTerm.decode_term (cognitive 65) (priv/ruby1.9/erlport/erlterms.rb)
• ErlTerm.decode_term (cyclomatic 40) (priv/ruby1.9/erlport/erlterms.rb)
• ErlTerm.decode_term (cyclomatic 41) (priv/ruby1.8/erlport/erlterms.rb)
• ErlTerm.encode_term (cognitive 34) (priv/ruby1.8/erlport/erlterms.rb)
• ErlTerm.encode_term (cognitive 34) (priv/ruby1.9/erlport/erlterms.rb)
• ErlTerm.encode_term (cyclomatic 32) (priv/ruby1.9/erlport/erlterms.rb)
• ErlTerm.encode_term (cyclomatic 33) (priv/ruby1.8/erlport/erlterms.rb)
• Erlang._receive (cognitive 21) (priv/ruby1.8/erlport/erlang.rb)
• HackComment (priv/python2/erlport/erlterms.py)
• HackComment (priv/python2/erlport/erlterms.py)
• HackComment (priv/python3/erlport/erlterms.py)
• HackComment (priv/python3/erlport/erlterms.py)
• …and 18 more

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