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- [x] Fix string printing to be js instead of weird Idris strings - [x] Fix string printing to be js instead of weird Idris strings
- [x] make $ special - [x] make $ special
- Makes inference easier, cleaner output, and allows `foo $ \ x => ...` - Makes inference easier, cleaner output, and allows `foo $ \ x => ...`
- [ ] `$` no longer works inside ≡⟨ ⟩ sort out how to support both that and `$ \ x => ...` (or don't bother) - [ ] `$` no longer works inside ≡⟨ ⟩ - sort out how to support both that and `$ \ x => ...` (or don't bother)
- We'd either need to blacklist all non-initial mixfix bits at the appropriate spots or always pass around a terminating token. - We'd either need to blacklist all non-initial mixfix bits at the appropriate spots or always pass around a terminating token.
- I'm leaning towards _no_ here, because I may want to lift mixfix processing out of the parsing step in the future. This isn't
- [x] **Translate newt to newt** - [x] **Translate newt to newt**
- [x] Support @ on the LHS - [x] Support @ on the LHS
- [x] if / then / else sugar - [x] if / then / else sugar
@@ -231,18 +232,20 @@
- [x] accepting DCon for another type (skipping case, but should be an error) - [x] accepting DCon for another type (skipping case, but should be an error)
- [ ] don't allow (or dot) duplicate names on LHS - [ ] don't allow (or dot) duplicate names on LHS
- [x] remove metas from context, M has TopContext - [x] remove metas from context, M has TopContext
- [ ] improve test driver - [ ] add unit test framework
- maybe a file listing jobs, whether they are known broken, optional expected output, optional expected JS execution output.
- [x] forall / ∀ sugar (Maybe drop this, issues with `.` and `{A}` works fine) - [x] forall / ∀ sugar (Maybe drop this, issues with `.` and `{A}` works fine)
- [x] Bad module name error has FC 0,0 instead of the module or name - [x] Bad module name error has FC 0,0 instead of the module or name
- [ ] Revisit substitution in case building - [ ] Revisit substitution in case building
- [x] Check for shadowing when declaring dcon - [x] Check for shadowing when declaring dcon
- Handles the forward decl in `Zoo1.newt`, but we'll need different syntax if - Handles the forward decl in `Zoo1.newt`, but we'll need different syntax if
we have different core terms for TCon/DCon/Function we have different core terms for TCon/DCon/Function
- [ ] Require infix decl before declaring mixfix names with `_` (helps find bugs) or implicitly define as infixl something if it is missing - [ ] Require infix decl before declaring mixfix names with `_` (helps find bugs) or implicitly define as infixl if it is missing
- [x] sugar for typeclasses - [x] sugar for typeclasses
- [x] maybe add implicits in core to help resugar operators? - [x] maybe add implicits in core to help resugar operators?
- [ ] consider putting binders in environment, like Idris, to better mark `let` and to provide names - [ ] consider putting binders in environment, like Idris, to better mark `let` and to provide names
- I might want to distinguish `let` from pattern vars from user-`let`. The latter we probably want to exist
in emitted code, and the former inlined. Currently they both live in context and the inlining occurs during
code-gen if the definition is simple enough (other vars or projections).
- [x] move some top-level chattiness to `debug` - [x] move some top-level chattiness to `debug`
- [ ] consider optionally compiling to eliminators for a second type-checking pass to help catch bugs. - [ ] consider optionally compiling to eliminators for a second type-checking pass to help catch bugs.
- [x] Allow unicode operators/names - [x] Allow unicode operators/names
@@ -311,13 +314,14 @@
- [ ] remove erased top level arguments - [ ] remove erased top level arguments
- maybe have something shaped like `List Bool` for `arity` - maybe have something shaped like `List Bool` for `arity`
- [x] top level at point in vscode - [x] top level at point in vscode
- [ ] repl - [x] repl
- [x] don't match forced constructors at runtime - [x] don't match forced constructors at runtime
- I think we got this by not switching for single cases - I think we got this by not switching for single cases
- [x] magic nat (codegen as number with appropriate pattern matching) - [x] magic nat (codegen as number with appropriate pattern matching)
- [ ] magic tuple? (codegen as array) - [ ] magic tuple? (codegen as array)
- Seems like this would be tricky as soon as the user starts peeling off the tail or consing them - Seems like this would be tricky as soon as the user starts peeling off the tail or consing them
- [ ] magic newtype? (drop them in codegen) - [ ] magic newtype? (drop them in codegen)
- Needed before we newtype IO, so the tail recursion still works
- [x] vscode: syntax highlighting for String - [x] vscode: syntax highlighting for String
- [ ] add `poper` or variant of `pfunc` that maps to an operator, giving the js operator and precedence on RHS - [ ] add `poper` or variant of `pfunc` that maps to an operator, giving the js operator and precedence on RHS
- This has now been hard-coded in codegen, but a syntax or something would be better. - This has now been hard-coded in codegen, but a syntax or something would be better.