A rewrite of original gdscript that allows for better modifications, and will hopefully be faster.
gdscript is currently not well suited for implementing external libraries and functionality, missing a lot of featurs such as operator overloading. And with the core of godots functionality being centered around It's own types I found it hard to work with, for my very specific usecases.
And with main godot development being focused on improving the engine I've decided to make my own version of GDscript that will allow me to more comfortably develop my own apps. That said this project is most likely not going to be a full replacement for gd script, but rather an addition that helps with dealing with external libraries.
With the focus being on speed and external features, this deviates quite a lot from what seems to be godots core design, which is centered around portability of it's own types.
DO NOT HARASS GODOT DEVELOPERS!
Don't ask them to use this as a replacement for gdscript in the engine it self.
Far too often have I seen people being mad that some plugin isn't part of the engine.
This not being part of the engine is fine, In fact, I like it this way more, I have complete control and freedom to develop and document this in the way that suits me more.
Remember, this is like a minecraft mod, while it can be cool and useful, it's, in the grand scheme of things, a large change that is to run in it's own direction.
Please be nice to all the devs, everyone is trying their best.
the VM is in fact only used for saving, loading and calling data. it's other use is to simply control the code flow. it currently only deals with the bool type as that is all that is needed for this functionality.
So technically it is not tied to any specific programming language.
The following is a list of features that are planned, and their status.
| name | partially implemented | fully working |
|---|---|---|
| VM | ❌ | ❌ |
| Compiler | ❌ | ❌ |
| JIT | ❌ | ❌ |
| Variables | ❌ | ❌ |
| Enums | ❌ | ❌ |
| Signals | ❌ | ❌ |
| Operators | ❌ | ❌ |
| Exports | ❌ | ❌ |
| Tool | ❌ | ❌ |
| if statements | ❌ | ❌ |
| for loops | ❌ | ❌ |
| while loops | ❌ | ❌ |
| Class definitions | ❌ | ❌ |
| Function definitions | ❌ | ❌ |
| ----- additional features ----- | - | - |
| Scope limiting with { } | ❌ | ❌ |
| Generators | ❌ | ❌ |
| List comprehension | ❌ | ❌ |
| Dict comprehension | ❌ | ❌ |
| GOTO statements | ❌ | ❌ |
| Conversionless inter-library calls | ❌ | ❌ |
| Custom types | ❌ | ❌ |
| Memory limiting | ❌ | ❌ |
| C style type casting | ❌ | ❌ |
| ❌ | ❌ | |
| ❌ | ❌ | |
| ❌ | ❌ | |
| ❌ | ❌ |