jsonpiler 0.2.0

a Json syntax programming language for Windows
Documentation

Jsonpiler - JSON Syntax Programming Language

Jsonpiler is a compiler for the JSON syntax programming language and its compiler.

This program converts a JSON-based program to GNU assembly, compiles it, and executes the result.

What's New

  • begin no longer introduces a scope; instead, the new scope function handles scoping.
  • Added new functions: scope, *, list, eval, and '.

Project History and Plans

Prerequisites

Make sure the following tools are installed and available in your PATH environment variable:

  • ld (from MinGW-w64)
  • as (from MinGW-w64)

The following DLLs must be present in C:\Windows\System32\ for the program to work correctly:

  • kernel32.dll
  • user32.dll
  • ucrtbase.dll

Installation & Usage

cargo install jsonpiler
jsonpiler (input_json_file (UTF-8)) [arguments of .exe ...]

Replace (input_json_file) with the actual JSON file you want to compile.

Example

["begin", ["=", "a", "title"], ["message", ["$", "a"], "345"]]

Execution order:

The jsonpiler code consists of a single JSON object.

Expressions within begin are evaluated sequentially.

The variable "a" is assigned the string "title" using "=".

A message box appears with the title (from the variable "a") and the body "345" as specified by "message".

The program returns the integer ID of the button pressed in the message box (currently only 1 is supported, which corresponds to IDOK in C/C++), as the final value of the begin block.

Error message

["message", "title", ["$", "not_exist"]]
Compilation error: Undefined variables: `not_exist`
Error occurred on line: 1
Error position:
["message", "title", ["$", "not_exist"]]
                           ^

Function Documentation

Function Reference (Markdown)

Language Documentation

Language Reference (Markdown)

Execution

graph TD
  A[file.json] --> B{Jsonpiler}
  B -->|Parse| C([AST])
  C -->|Compile| D[file.s]
  D --> |Assembling with GNU AS| E[file.obj]
  E --> |Linking with GNU LD| F[file.exe]
  S[C:\Windows\System32\] --> KERNEL32[kernel32.dll] --> F[file.exe]
  S --> USER32[user32.dll] --> F[file.exe]
  S --> UCRTBASE[ucrtbase.dll] --> F[file.exe]
  F --> Execute[(Execute!)]