What is the internal structure of a Ruby VM frame (control frame)?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
A VM frame stores execution context: local variables, instruction pointer, method metadata, and stack pointers.
Deep explanation
Each Ruby method call creates a control frame containing: instruction pointer (current bytecode position), local variable table, stack pointer, self reference, block pointer, and method information. Frames are linked as a call stack. The VM switches between frames during method calls, returns, and exceptions.
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