Short Language Definition

For the first version of the implemented language, I’ve decided for it to be rather C-like (as already stated). For this version, there is only one function, main. The initial main is laid out as follows:

int main(void){}

I’ve also thought about

void main(void){}

and instead of having a return statement use a global “exit(0),” I pretty much ruled this possibility out.

I removed the “int argc, char** argv” for now… too much trouble to mess with.
Now, the rest of the usable syntax is:
Types:
* long
* ulong -unsigned long
* llong -long long
* ullong -unsigned long long
* short
* ushort -unsigned short
* char
* uchar -unsigned char
* byte -unsigned char with some special properties
* float
* double
Other Terminals:
* ‘+’ -addition
* ‘-’ -subtraction
* ‘*’ -multiplication, pointer op also… but will through a syntax error for now
* ‘/’ -division
* ‘%’ -modulo
* ‘++’ -increment
* ‘–’ -decrement
* ‘(‘ -grouping expressions
* ‘)’
* ‘=’
Miscellaneous:
* exit(x)
* print(x)
Type Specifications:
* [0-9]+ -integer
* 0(x|X)[0-9A-Fa-f]+ -hex integer
* [0-7]+(o|O) -octal integer
* [0-1]+(b|B) -binary
* [0-9]*’.’[0-9]+(f|F) -float
* [a-fA-F_]+[0-9a-fA-F_]* -id

As you can see this is a fairly sparse lexicon for now. There are character constants and string literals (the string literals being of no use for now). If you’ll notice, the octal specification is it ends in an ‘o’ I did this because I like having the ability to place as many ’0′s in front of my base 10 integers as I wish.

-cQuaid

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