Struct tokay::compiler::Compiler

pub struct Compiler {
    pub debug: u8,
    /* private fields */
}

Tokay compiler instance

A tokay compiler initializes a Tokay parser for later re-use when called multiple times.

The compiler works in a mode so that statics, variables and constants once built won’t be removed and can be accessed on later calls.

Fields

debug: u8

Implementations

impl Compiler

pub fn new() -> Self

Initialize a new compiler.

The compiler serves functions to compile Tokay source code into programs executable by the Tokay VM. It uses an intermediate language representation to implement derives of generics, statics, etc.

The compiler struct serves as some kind of helper that should be used during traversal of a Tokay program’s AST. It therefore offers functions to open particular blocks and handle symbols in different levels. Parselets are created by using the parselet_pop() function with provided parameters.

pub fn compile(&mut self, reader: Reader) -> Result<Option<Program>, Vec<Error>>

Compile a Tokay program from a Reader source into the compiler.

pub fn compile_from_str( &mut self, src: &str ) -> Result<Option<Program>, Vec<Error>>

Shortcut to compile a Tokay program from a &str into the compiler.