node-cello

a simple DSL to generate simple C programs

Alternative title:

A magical DSL to generate C code from CoffeeScript

Introduction

node-cello is a work-in-progress DSL and template engine for generating C programs.

Warning

This is an experimental project, and should be used with care.

For the moment only basic C code can be generated using this library.

The code is a bit messy, and architecture/syntax is not fixed yet.

However it is already on NPM repository because:

1. it basically works
2. it's a dependency of another project

Thank you for your understanding!

Demo

{ C } = require 'cello'

src = C -> 
  include 'stdio.h'
  include 'stdlib.h'
  int x = 40
  main = ->
   int y = 43 + x
   printf "hello"

console.log src

Outputs:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int x = 40;
void main() {
	int y = (43 + x);
	printf("hello");
}

Magic? yes.

TODO

• Find a way to support typed parameters (eg. type inference?)
• Implement more C language features
• Implement MUCH MORE C language features
• Implement ALL C language features (well, ideally)
• unit tests

More TODO: built-in compiler support?

• add support for an 'inline' mode like in Perl
• autoconfing
• on-the-fly compilation
• execute the binary
• handle the STDIN / STDOUT wrapping

Changelog

• 0.0.0 - Basic features are supported