Toy/index.md

Preamble

The Toy programming language is a procedural bytecode-intermediate interpreted language. It isn't intended to operate on its own, but rather as part of another program, the "host". This process is intended to allow a decent amount of easy customisation by the host's end user, by exposing logic in script files. Alternatively, binary files in a custom format can be used as well.

The host will provide all of the extensions needed on a case-by-case basis. Script files have the .toy file extension, while binary files have the .tb file extension.

fn makeCounter() { //declare a function like this
	var total: int = 0; //declare a variable with a type like this

	fn counter(): int { //declare a return type like this
		return ++total;
	}

	return counter; //closures are explicitly supported
}

var tally = makeCounter();

print tally(); //1
print tally(); //2
print tally(); //3

Nifty Features

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• Simple C-like syntax
• Bytecode intermediate compilation
• Optional, but robust type system (including opaque for arbitrary data)
• Functions and types are first-class citizens
• Import external libraries
• Fancy slice notation for strings, arrays and dictionaries
• Can re-direct output, error and assertion failure messages
• Open source under the zlib license

Getting Started

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• Quick Start Guide
• Types
• About Library
• Standard Library
• Runner Library
• Game Engine

Deep Dive

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• Theorizing Toy
• Building Toy
• Embedding Toy
• Compiling Toy
• Developing Toy
• Testing Toy
• Roadmap

Public C API

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• [repl_tools.h]
• toy_ast_node.h
• toy_common.h
• toy_compiler.h
• toy_interpreter.h
• toy_lexer.h
• [toy_literal_array.h]
• [toy_literal_dictionary.h]
• [toy_literal.h]
• toy_memory.h
• toy_parser.h
• toy_refstring.h
• [toy_scope.h]