Conlang/grammar.ebnf
John e43847bbd4 conlang: Introduce as casting
Arbitrary primitive type conversion

Currently implemented as jankily as possible in the interpreter, but it works alright™️
2024-07-26 05:26:08 -05:00

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(* Conlang Expression Grammar *)
Start = File EOI ;
Mutability = "mut"? ;
Visibility = "pub"? ;
File = Item* ;
Attrs = ('#' '[' (Meta ',')* Meta? ']')* ;
Meta = Identifier ('=' Literal | '(' (Literal ',')* Literal? ')')? ;
Item = Attrs Visibility ItemKind ;
ItemKind = Const | Static | Module
| Function | Struct | Enum
| Alias | Impl | Use ;
(* item *)
Const = "const" Identifier ':' Ty '=' Expr ';' ;
Static = "static" Mutability Identifier ':' Ty '=' Expr ';' ;
Module = "mod" Identifier ModuleKind ;
ModuleKind = '{' Item* '}' | ';' ;
Function = "fn" Identifier '(' (Param ',')* Param? ')' ('->' Ty)? Block? ;
Param = Mutability Identifier ':' Ty ;
Struct = "struct" Identifier (StructTuple | StructBody)?;
StructBody = '{' (StructMember ',')* StructMember? '}' ;
StructTuple = TyTuple ;
StructMember = Visibility Identifier ':' Ty ;
Enum = "enum" Identifier '{' (Variant ',')* Variant? '}' ;
Variant = Identifier (VarStruct | VarTuple | VarCLike)? ;
VarStruct = '{' (StructMember ',')* StructMember? '}' ;
VarTuple = TyTuple ;
VarCLike = '=' INTEGER ;
Alias = "type" Identifier ('=' Ty)? ';' ;
Impl = "impl" Path '{' Item* '}' ;
(* TODO: Impl Trait for Target*)
Use = "use" '::'? UseTree ';' ;
UseTree = '*' | '{' (UseTree ',')* UseTree? '}'
| PathPart ('::' UseTree | "as" Identifier)? ;
(* type *)
Ty = Never | Empty | Path | TyArray | TySlice | TyTuple | TyRef | TyFn ;
Never = '!' ;
Empty = '(' ')' ;
TyTuple = '(' (Ty ',')* Ty? ')' ;
TyArray = '[' Ty ';' INTEGER ']' ;
TySlice = '[' Ty ']' ;
TyRef = Amps* Path ;
Amps = '&' | '&&' ;
TyFn = "fn" TyTuple ('->' Ty)? ;
(* path *)
Path = PathPart ('::' PathPart)*
| '::' (PathPart ('::' PathPart)*)? ;
PathPart = "super" | "self" | "Self" | Identifier ;
Identifier = IDENTIFIER ;
(* statement *)
Stmt = ';' | (Let | Item | Expr) Semi ;
Semi = ';'? ;
Let = "let" Mutability Identifier (':' Ty)? ('=' Expr)? ;
(* TODO: Closure syntax *)
(* Closure = "cl" '(' Param* ')' Block ; *)
(* literal *)
Bool = "true" | "false" ;
(* expr *)
Expr = Assign ;
Assign = Path (AssignKind Assign ) | Modify ;
Modify = Path (ModifyKind Assign ) | Compare ;
(* Binary = Compare | Range | Logic | Bitwise | Shift | Factor | Term ; *)
Compare = Range (CompareOp Range )* ;
Range = Logic (RangeOp Logic )* ;
Logic = Bitwise (LogicOp Bitwise)* ;
Bitwise = Shift (BitwiseOp Shift )* ;
Shift = Factor (ShiftOp Factor )* ;
Factor = Term (FactorOp Term )* ;
Term = Unary (TermOp Unary )* ;
Unary = (UnaryKind)* Cast ;
Cast = Member ("as" Ty)? ;
Member = Call (Access)* ;
Access = '.' (Identifier ('(' Tuple? ')')? | Literal) ;
Call = Index ('(' Tuple? ')')* ;
Index = Primary ('[' Indices ']')* ;
Indices = (Expr ',')* Expr? ;
Primary = Literal | PathLike | Array | ArrayRep | AddrOf | Block | Group
| Loop | If | While | For | Break | Return | Continue;
Literal = STRING | CHARACTER | FLOAT | INTEGER | Bool ;
PathLike = Path | Structor ;
Structor = Path ':' '{' (Fielder ',')* Fielder? '}' ;
Fielder = Identifier ('=' Expr)? ;
Array = '[' (Expr ',')* Expr? ']' ;
ArrayRep = '[' Expr ';' Expr ']' ;
AddrOf = Amps Amps* Mutability Expr ;
Block = '{' Stmt* '}';
Group = Empty | '(' (Expr | Tuple) ')' ;
Tuple = (Expr ',')* Expr? ;
Loop = "loop" Block ;
While = "while" Expr Block Else ;
If = "if" Expr Block Else ;
For = "for" Identifier "in" Expr Block Else ;
Else = ("else" Expr)? ;
Break = "break" Expr ;
Return = "return" Expr ;
Continue = "continue" ;
AssignKind = '=' ;
ModifyKind = '+=' | '-=' | '*=' | '/=' | '&=' | '|=' | '^=' |'<<=' |'>>=' ;
CompareOp = '<' | '<=' | '==' | '!=' | '>=' | '>' ;
RangeOp = '..' | '..=' ;
LogicOp = '&&' | '||' | '^^' ;
BitwiseOp = '&' | '|' | '^' ;
ShiftOp = '<<' | '>>';
TermOp = '+' | '-' ;
FactorOp = '*' | '/' | '%' ;
UnaryKind = '*' | '-' | '!' | '@' | '~' ;