/uranium_lang

Uranium Lang: A Python and C++ based and (probably) unstable programming language

Primary LanguagePythonMIT LicenseMIT

Uranium Lang

This is an open-source project, feel free to contribute

Uranium Lang - Features & Syntax

Variables

Primitive Datatypes:

  • int
  • float
  • string
  • bool

Decleration and Assignment

// decleration (doesn't work at the moment)
name: datatype

// assignment
name: datatype = value

Example:

number: int = 0

The main function

func main() -> int {
	return 0
}

Functions

func name(param_name: param_type, ...) -> return_type {
	// your code goes here
}

Example:

func add(a: int, b: int) -> int {
	return a + b
}

Please Note: Functions cannot be called yet (I might have fixed this already)

Comments

As of right now Uranium Lang only has support for single-line comments, multi-line comments will be added in the future.

// This is a single-line comment

If, Else if, Else

if condition1 {
	...
} else if condition2 {
	...
} else {
	...
}

Example:

num: int = 10
if num < 5 {
	// do something here
} else if num > 5 {
	// do something else here
} else {
	// do something here too
}

While loops

while condition {
	...
}

Example:

num: int = 0
while i < 10 {
	i = i +1
}

For loops

Uranium Lang will support different types of for-loops, however only the classic iterative for-loop is implemented right now.

for name: datatype = value, condition, de/- incrementation value {
	...
}

Example:

for i: int = 0, i < 10, 1 {
	// this achieves the same as the above while loop example
}

Uranium Lang - How does it work

The Uranium Compiler "runs through" your source code and tokenizes it. The resulting tokens are then rearranged and resstructured so that they can be translated to C++ more easily. Yes, Uranium Lang is not directly compiled to machine code, it gets compiled into C++ and relies on an external C++ Compiler to do the rest of the compilation.

Importance of XML

Uranium Lang depends on various XML files, such as the ones for token generation, the new parser also heavily relies on them. The reason for that? Customization! Don't like a feature of the language? Just change the right XML file appropriately and you can tailor it to your liking! Is this feature a good idea? Probably not, but it stays nevertheless.