Repository with the compiler/examples/documentation of TAPL (Tim's Awesome Programming Language).
Two compilers are created:
- compyler: the bootstrapping compiler, written in python
- tapl/taplc/compiler: the compiler/REPL written in TAPL, compiled using compyler
The compilers compile '.tim' files into c-code, which in turn is compiled in machine code, and run like any other executable.
Homepage: https://tapl-lang.com
- uv
- gcc
- clang-format
Install the uv environment for the compyler by running:
uv syncRun the following command to watch the tokenizer and AST generator using the unittests and the example .tim files in the test directory, and see the output of the tokenizing and AST generation step:
uv run ptwRun the following command to compile and run the example with the currently implemented functionality:
uv run -m src.compilers.compyler examples/current_functionality.timRun the following command to compile and execute any tim file:
uv run -m src.compilers.compyler /path/to/file.tim- fix open TODOs in
tokenizer.py- add 0o / e number parsing
- make distinction between int and float/double numbers
- fix open TODOs in
ast_generator.py- add classes
- add standard library / built-in function, to do print(..)
- this needs imports
- fix open TODOs in
token_expression.py- support pointers?
- after supporting pointers, refactor 0 to NULL
- add another typing (type propagation / type checking) pass
- allow type 'upscaling', e.g. u8 -> u16 -> u32 -> u64
- add language server
- add public/private to classes, functions
- make everything private by default (classes, functions, members)
- implicit "python modules' class imports", example:
modules/some_module.tim:class SomeModule: // blablafile.tim:from module import SomeModule
- REPL
- use Tom's "hot-reload" functionality to 'inject' REPL lines
- store persistent variables somewhere
- add
returnifkeyword-like thing:- an indented block of statements follow this
- if a statement returns a non-null value, return this from the surrounding function
- example below
returnif:
Statement statement():
// very neatly functions returning if they are non-null
returnif:
if_statement()
for_loop_statement()
print_statement()
while_loop_statement()
// outside of the block use a normal return statement
Expression e = expression()
return ExpressionStatement(e)
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