Discussion New Language - Discussion

[Nestharus]

Make him change from cathedral to bazaar.. : |

your project should be bazaar too > . <

 

[ertaboy356b]

namespace you mean:

std::cout << "kkk";

i don't like it.. I always prefer scopes

 

[Lyerae]

Bump.

Also, I made this: http://code.google.com/p/onyxparser/

 

[Kenny]

I had to say this:

Onyx is an awesome name. It alone is making me anxious to see where this goes.

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

> If there are any {} in this language, I assure you I would rather code with vanilla JASS.

Why?

I can't read my code when I write in that.

 

[Lyerae]

Right. If it's added, I'll be sure that normal JASS-Style blocks work too.

 

[tooltiperror]

LYERAE.

We should make the manual Wiki style.

 

[Lyerae]

We could do that, but it'd be a pain to make a index of all the pages...

 

[tooltiperror]

Your site thing has the wiki feature already, though.

 

[Lyerae]

I know. I meant so people know what to look for, since there's no kind of listing on what pages there are.
If we wanted more power though, I could install MediaWiki on my website (GamerCraft.org).

 

[Rllulium]

A number of small things that would be nice:

Remove the [LJASS]local[/LJASS] keyword

real x = 2.55
unit u = GetTriggerUnit()

Shorter names of variable types

int i = 0
bool flag = false

Not ending an [LJASS]if[/LJASS] == one line [LJASS]if[/LJASS]

if flag then
      call MyFunc()

And better [LJASS]loop[/LJASS] syntax, perhaps like a for loop.

 

[Nestharus]

Will this language be able to easily port to SC2? The beta is released so I've closed my doors on wc3.


That is, are you designing it right? : ), or are you making it wc3 specific? : P.

 

[GetTriggerUnit-]

I'm planning to do a such thing on my own for SC2.

 

[Lyerae]

I'm going to port it to SC2.

Right now I'm just working on what features it has, and how to implement them.

I'm also doing this in C/C++, since I can find almost nothing on how to so it in Python. :/

 

[TheDamien]

SC2 doesn't matter at this stage. You can right a backend for it later on if you please.

 

[Lyerae]

Yeah, true.

Also, update on progress:
My mother seems to be throwing more and more schoolwork at me (I'm 16 and homeschooled), while letting my spend less and less time online.

I am, however making some progress, it's just very slow.
I'm currently working on writing up the "definition", which is like a manual with all the features, so I can show everyone of and get opinions before starting the actual coding.

With any luck, I'll have it done in a day or two, though I'd say a week to be safe.

 

[ertaboy356b]

Why write the definition first?? Shouldn't you be writing a simple compiler that compiles a simple script instead to start with??

Like:

func CallMe (int a, unit b) [bool]

endfunc

converts as

function CallMe takes integer a, unit b returns boolean

endfunction

 

[Kenny]

> Why write the definition first?? Shouldn't you be writing a simple compiler that compiles a simple script instead to start with??

So he has a point of reference for all his future work on the project? It is a bit hard to write a compiler if you don't know what it is compiling.

He is giving us an opportunity to criticize the syntax and stuff for the language before it is too late. Smart choice in my opinion.

If vex did that before releasing vJASS, I'm sure some things would have turned out better. (Not actually sure if he did or didn't, but I'm assuming the majority of the mapping community weren't told before the initial release).

 

[tooltiperror]

Alright, Lyerae, make sure you do logical examples this time. Vex made it very confused to learn structs with the pair and x and crap.

 

[Lyerae]

So he has a point of reference for all his future work on the project? It is a bit hard to write a compiler if you don't know what it is compiling.

He is giving us an opportunity to criticize the syntax and stuff for the language before it is too late.

Exactly.
I want to make sure people like the language before I actually make it.