README.md

LightweightCompiler

The compiler is in a fairly rough state at the moment - some classes are redundant/require intense refactoring, some interfaces are oddly constructed, the hierarchy might be confusing and seem unnatural.
There are also some problems with dynamic allocation (unnecessary heap allocations, no deallocations).
Please do keep in mind that I started this project a long time ago in an attempt to learn C++, and be merciful when reviewing it :)

Usage

You will need NASM installed on your machine & added to your system's PATH.

Source code must be written to a TXT file.

After cloning the project, head into src/LightweightCompiler.cpp and update sourceDir, outputDir and projectName.
sourceDir is the directory in which your project is written.
outputDir is the directory in which you would like the compiler to compile. The compiler will create an OBJ and EXE file in that directory.
projectName is the name of your project, meaning the name of the file that contains the code without the '.txt' extension.

For example, if your source file is saved at "E:\Projects\hello.txt", and you want the compiled files to be saved to "E:\Projects\out\": sourceDir = "E:\Projects\", outputDir = "E:\Projects\out\", projectName = "hello"

Syntax

The language is indent-sensitive, meaning that it does not use curly brackets to understand scopes, but rather indentations. Any empty line will need to follow the proper amount of indentations for its scope.

Bad example

if var == 5
<- indents end here
  print(17)

This will result in compilation error.

Good example

if var == 5
  <- indents end here
  print(17)

Here are some other examples of the syntax:

int a = 5

for int i = 0, i < 5, i += 1
  int b = 20
	
  while b >= 1
    a += b
    b -= (i + 1)
	
  print(a)

bool a = true
bool b = true
int c = 30

while c > 0
  if a && b
    print(c / 3)
    
    <- indents end here
    if c < 15
      a = !b
  
  <- indents end here
  b = c % 3 == 0
  c -= 1