- "x is \(x)", "\(speed, 2)" (two digits after the point), also in """ text
- test "name" { ... } blocks; assert(cond) and assert(cond, why); finch test runs each on its own
- the program's object and its C files (link "x.c") are kept in the cache until they or their headers change
- runtime errors show the calls that led there (finch run, finch test, -g, -O0, --trace)
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- const NAME = value (numbers, text, other constants; typed: const f32 G = 9.8), also module.NAME
- x := if c { a } else { b }
- """ ... """: the closing quotes' indentation goes from every line
- min, max, abs, clamp for any numbers, unless your own function has the name
- import ui/button (a module in a folder), import path as p
- fs: read_bytes, write_bytes, exists, is_dir, mkdir (with parents), list, remove_dir, data_dir(app)
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Also frees main's args and the message of a failing main (valgrind was not clean on two tests).
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boot/ is src/ now. The C++ compiler and CMake are gone from this branch (they are on before-bootstrap).
bootstrap/build.sh builds the compiler from bootstrap/<system>.ll -- the compiler's own LLVM IR -- then builds
it with itself and checks the two come out identical. bootstrap/build.sh seed writes the seed anew.
The driver is complete: the runtime is compiled once and kept in ~/.cache/finch; a program's own C files,
.o and .a files and frameworks link along; a linker failure is read and answered with link "lib" or the
library that is missing. The old tests/fail diagnostics are all in again (a missing import, a str compared with
null, 'write just the library's name', a map key that is a float, non-ASCII names, ...).
tests/run.sh is the one test runner: programs, refusals, -g builds and the shared library. 106 passed.