Typed Lua

Typed Lua is a typed superset of Lua that compiles to plain Lua. It provides optional type annotations, compile-time type checking, and class-based object oriented programming through the definition of classes, interfaces, and modules.

Requirements

lua >= 5.2.2
lpeg >= 0.12

Usage

$ tlc [options] [filename]

Compiler options

-d	    dump the AST
-g	    generate code without type checking
-h	    print this help
-o name output to file 'name' (default is 'tlc.lua')
-p	    print the AST
-v	    print current version

Major TODO list

Add table type
Add intersection type
Add recursive type
Add classes, interfaces, and modules
Reimplement consistent-subtyping

Typed Lua Syntax

chunk ::= block
block ::= {stat} [retstat]
stat ::= ‘;’ |
varlist ‘=’ explist |
functioncall |
label |
break |
goto Name |
do block end |
while exp do block end |
repeat block until exp |
if exp then block {elseif exp then block} [else block] end |
for Name ‘=’ exp ‘,’ exp [‘,’ exp] do block end |
for namelist in explist do block end |
function funcname funcbody |
local function Name funcbody |
local namelist [‘=’ explist]
retstat ::= return [explist] [‘;’]
label ::= ‘::’ Name ‘::’
funcname ::= Name {‘.’ Name} [‘:’ Name]
varlist ::= var {‘,’ var}
var ::=  Name [‘:’ type] | prefixexp ‘[’ exp ‘]’ | prefixexp ‘.’ Name
namelist ::= Name [‘:’ type] {‘,’ Name [‘:’ type]}
explist ::= exp {‘,’ exp}
exp ::=  nil | false | true | Number | String | ‘...’ | functiondef |
prefixexp | tableconstructor | exp binop exp | unop exp
prefixexp ::= var | functioncall | ‘(’ exp ‘)’
functioncall ::=  prefixexp args | prefixexp ‘:’ Name args
args ::=  ‘(’ [explist] ‘)’ | tableconstructor | String
functiondef ::= function funcbody
funcbody ::= ‘(’ [parlist] ‘)’ [‘:’ typelist] block end
parlist ::= namelist [‘,’ ‘...’ [‘:’ type]] | ‘...’ [‘:’ type]
tableconstructor ::= ‘{’ [fieldlist] ‘}’
fieldlist ::= field {fieldsep field} [fieldsep]
field ::= ‘[’ exp ‘]’ ‘=’ exp | Name ‘=’ exp | exp
fieldsep ::= ‘,’ | ‘;’
binop ::= ‘+’ | ‘-’ | ‘*’ | ‘/’ | ‘^’ | ‘%’ | ‘..’ |
‘<’ | ‘<=’ | ‘>’ | ‘>=’ | ‘==’ | ‘~=’ |
and | or
unop ::= ‘-’ | not | ‘#’
type ::= any | nil | basetype | uniontype | functiontype
basetype ::= boolean | number | string
uniontype ::= type ‘|’ type
functiontype ::= ‘(’ [typelist] ‘)’ ‘->’ ‘(’ [typelist] ‘)’
typelist ::= void | type {‘,’ type} [‘*’]

License

Released under the MIT License (MIT)

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