Getting started

[voxelias]

Hey!

I've compiled it using

cmake .
make

Then tried to run fcc --help and it ended up with the following:

File examples/foam/sdl.fc has no roots, skipping
No output found for examples/stars/main.fc
Adding info from examples/stars/main.fc
Adding info from examples/stars/sdl.fc
Building examples/stars/main.fc...
examples/stars/main.fc:62:25: error: 'renderer' was not declared in this scope
   62 | SDL::SDL_RenderFillRect(renderer, rect(x, (Height - height) + y, current.width, height));
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~ 

Unfortunately I have no Idea what is the right behavior and where to start...
What I am doing wrong?

[Znurre]

I think not all examples compile, because of changes to the compiler. I will have a look at updating them ASAP!

Thanks for reporting.

[Znurre]

I now realize that you attempted to run fcc from its build directory. So, the thing is, fcc does not yet have any --help parameter.

What happens when running fcc, is that it will look for .fc files, recursively, starting from the current directory. All .fc files with "roots" (exported functions, exposed using C ABI) will be built. In addition, it will try to build a dependency tree based on the use statements, starting from the root .fc files.

I think some kind of help section in the project's README.md about how to get started with a new project would be a nice addition. I just haven't gotten around to doing it, since there are still some bugs remaining that keeps the language from being viable for general use.

If you have any questions though, feel free to ask me, and I will try to explain. Your questions could even help shape the contents of the README.md :)

[Znurre]

Actually - my recommendation for you, if you want to discover the language, would be to have a look at examples/ttt (a veeeery rudimentary tic-tac-toe game). Go into the folder and run make. You should hopefully find yourself with a binary that can be executed.

The code is fairly limited in scope, and should be useful for getting a feeling of the language :)