compiler

Overview ¶

Package compiler orchestrates the Meow compilation pipeline: lexing, parsing, code generation, and invoking go build to produce a binary.

Pipeline ¶

The compilation process follows these stages:

1. Lex — source text is tokenized by github.com/135yshr/meow/pkg/lexer
2. Parse — tokens are parsed into an AST by github.com/135yshr/meow/pkg/parser
3. Codegen — the AST is translated to Go source by github.com/135yshr/meow/pkg/codegen
4. Format — the generated Go code is formatted with go/format
5. Build — go build compiles the Go source into an executable (optional)

Usage ¶

// Transpile only
c := compiler.New(logger)
goCode, err := c.CompileToGo(source, "hello.nyan")
_ = goCode

// Build a binary
c := compiler.New(logger)
err := c.Build("hello.nyan", "hello")

// Compile and run
c := compiler.New(logger)
err := c.Run("hello.nyan")