fix importing with dots, prep work for porting

scripts/translate.sh

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+#!/bin/zsh
+
+# script to translate a file from idris to newt
+# this is just a first pass, hopefully
+mkdir -p port
+
+find src -type f -name '*.idr' | while read -r file; do
+  output_file="port/${file#src/}"
+  output_file="${output_file%.idr}.newt"
+  mkdir -p "$(dirname "$output_file")"
+  if [[ ! -f "$output_file" ]]; then
+    echo "$file -> $output_file"
+    perl -pe '
+      s/^%.*//;
+      s/\bType\b/U/g;
+      s/\binterface\b/class/g;
+      s/import public/import/g;
+      s/^export//g;
+      s/^public export//g;
+      s/\(([A-Z]\w+), ?([^)]+)\)/(\1 × \2)/g;
+      s/\|\|\|/--/;
+      # maybe break down an add the sugar?
+      # patterns would be another option, but
+      # we would need to handle overlapping ones
+      s/\[\]/Nil/g;
+      s/\[<\]/Lin/g;
+      s/\[<([^\],]+)\]/(Lin :< \1)/g;
+      s/\[([^\],]+)\]/(\1 :: Nil)/g;
+      s/^([A-Z].*where)/instance \1/g;
+    ' "$file" > "$output_file"
+  fi
+done