/CSharp.lua

The C# to Lua compiler

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CSharp.lua

The C# to Lua compiler.

Introduction

CSharp.lua is a C# to Lua compiler. Write C# then run on lua VM.

  • Build on Microsoft Roslyn. Support for C# 7.0.

  • Highly readable code generation. C# AST ---> Lua AST ---> Lua Code.

  • Allowing almost all of the C# language features.

  • Provides CoreSystem.lua library, can run away of CLR.

  • Self-Compiling, run "./test/self-compiling/self.bat".

Sample

C# code

using System;

namespace HelloLua {
    public static class Program {
        public static void Main() {
            Console.WriteLine("hello lua!");
        }
    }
}

To Lua

-- Generated by CSharp.lua Compiler 1.0.0.0
local System = System
System.namespace("HelloLua", function (namespace) 
  namespace.class("Program", function (namespace) 
    local Main
    Main = function () 
      System.Console.WriteLine("hello lua!")
    end
    return {
      Main = Main
    }
  end)
end)

Try Live

https://yanghuan.github.io/external/bridgelua-editor/index.html

How to Use

Command Line Parameters

D:\>dotnet CSharp.Lua.Launcher.dll -h
Usage: CSharp.lua [-s srcfolder] [-d dstfolder]
Arguments 
-s              : source directory, all *.cs files whill be compiled
-d              : destination  directory, will put the out lua files

Options
-h              : show the help message    
-l              : libraries referenced, use ';' to separate      
-m              : meta files, like System.xml, use ';' to separate     
-csc            : csc.exe command argumnets, use ';' to separate

-c              : support classic lua version(5.1), default support 5.3 
-i              : indent number, default is 2
-a              : attributes need to export, use ';' to separate, if ""-a"" only, all attributes whill be exported

Download

https://github.com/yanghuan/CSharp.lua/releases

CoreSystem.lua

CoreSystem.lua library that implements most of the .NET Framework core classes, including support for basic type, delegate, generic collection classes & linq. The Converted lua code, need to reference it

Example

  • fibonacci, a console program code, print Fibonacci number.

Documentation

https://github.com/yanghuan/CSharp.lua/wiki

License

Apache 2.0 license.

Acknowledgements