This is my implementation of the Lox interpreter from the book Crafting Interpreters. This project is an ongoing development of the interpreter, implemented in Java, as part of a self-learning exercise to understand the deeper concepts of interpreters and programming languages.
Note: The development process is structured by chapters, with each chapter residing in its own branch. Every individual section within a chapter has its own commit, making it easy to follow the progress and understand the changes.
While the book, Crafting Interpreters, provides an excellent guide for implementing a robust interpreter, I have decided to further enhance the project by incorporating additional features that are not covered in the book. As I progress through the book, I'll continue to identify and add new features to this list. Here are the enhancements made thus far:
- Advanced Error Reporting: The interpreter implements advanced error reporting to provide precise issue tracking and enhance debugging efficiency.
- Optimized REPL Mode: The REPL (Read-Eval-Print-Loop) mode is designed to handle multi-line inputs, similar to Python, improving user interaction and usability.
The workspace contains two folders by default, where:
src: the folder to maintain sourceslib: the folder to maintain dependencies
Meanwhile, the compiled output files will be generated in the bin folder by default.