XLang Frontend

xlang_frontend is the frontend library for the experimental programming language XLang-Rust.

Features

This library provides the tools needed to convert XLang-Rust source code into an intermediate representation (IR) executable by the virtual machine, including:

• Lexer: Breaks down the source code text into a series of tokens.
• Parser: Constructs an abstract syntax tree (AST) from the token stream according to the language's grammar rules.
• Static Analyzer: Analyzes the AST, checks variable scopes, processes annotations, and performs some basic static checks.
• IR Generator: Traverses the AST to generate the intermediate representation (IR) for the XLang virtual machine.
• Compilation Helpers: Provides interfaces for directly compiling source code to IR packages or bytecode.
• Directory Stack Management: Used for relative paths during @compile.

Usage

xlang_frontend primarily serves as a dependency for the XLang-Rust compiler and interpreter (xlang-rust main package), responsible for handling source code parsing and compilation processes.