Commit graph Finch/boot/cimport.fch
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Nexoniarz
ea6d2a57e5 a standard library in Finch: path, time, proc, json
import json   import path   import time   import proc  -- found in std/ after the program's own files,
so a program's own json.fch always wins.

path: join, base, dir, ext, stem, parts, clean, is_abs.
time: now, millis, sleep, date, local, format, days_in_month (clock_gettime, strftime through C import).
proc: run, output (an error with the command's output when it fails), env, pid, cwd.
json: parse (errors with line and column), stringify, pretty, new_*, get/at/set/push/has/names and
str_or/int_or/float_or/bool_or; \u escapes with surrogate pairs.

The C importer now leaves a plain (non-const) char * parameter a ptr[char], a buffer C writes into;
only const char * is text going in. str(ptr) and str([]u8) are in the self-hosted compiler.

boot.sh: 40 passed, 0 failed.
2026-10-25 20:58:26 +01:00
Nexoniarz
13ef63a586 boot: C import (import "x.h", link, C functions, constants, globals, .ptr, ptr(x))
The self-hosted compiler reads headers with boot/cimport.fch and compiles calls to C
functions (variadics, char* as str, C's default promotions), enum and #define
constants, extern variables like stdout, C structs laid out as C laid them (padding
and fixed arrays, by pointer), .ptr of a str or array, ptr(x) and int(ptr). link
"lib" asks pkg-config, link "x.c" compiles the file along.

cimport and c_pointers pass. Not yet: structs by value (the calling convention) and
addr(fn) for C callbacks, which is also what stops it building itself.

boot.sh now says so when stage 2 can't be made and runs the tests on stage 1.
2026-10-25 19:44:58 +01:00
Nexoniarz
f71ae8b1ef boot: cimport.fch, the C header importer written in Finch on libclang
Reads functions (with variadics and why one is unsupported), enum and #define
constants, extern variables and structs with their layout, the same as
src/cimport.cpp. It calls libclang through Finch's own C import, so compiling
it is what the bootstrap will have to do. Checked with the C++ compiler:
stdio.h gives 90 functions and 347 constants; EOF is -1, stdout is ptr[C.FILE].
2026-10-25 19:40:50 +01:00