Implements full pattern matching with variable binding for the C backend:
- Extract variable bindings from patterns (Var, Constructor, Tuple, Record)
- Infer C types for bound variables using variant field type tracking
- Handle recursive ADTs with pointer fields and heap allocation
- Dereference pointer bindings automatically for value semantics
Key implementation details:
- variant_to_type: Maps variant names to parent type for tag generation
- variant_field_types: Maps (type, variant) to field types for inference
- Recursive type fields use Type* pointers with malloc/memcpy
- Pattern bindings dereference pointers to maintain value semantics
Examples that now work:
- match opt { Some(x) => x, None => 0 }
- match tree { Leaf(n) => n, Node(l, r) => sum(l) + sum(r) }
Updates documentation to reflect C backend progress.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Remove Cranelift JIT compiler and expose the existing C backend as the
compilation target. Generated C code can be compiled with GCC/Clang.
Changes:
- Remove cranelift-* dependencies from Cargo.toml
- Delete src/compiler.rs (565 lines of Cranelift code)
- Add compile_to_c() function with -o and --run flags
- Fix C backend name mangling (main -> main_lux) to avoid conflicts
- Update CLI help text and documentation
Usage:
lux compile <file.lux> # Output C to stdout
lux compile <file.lux> -o out.c # Write to file
lux compile <file.lux> --run # Compile and execute
C backend supports: functions, basic types, operators, if/then/else,
records, enums, Console.print. Future work: closures, lists, patterns.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- SKILLS.md: Update roadmap phases with actual completion status
- Phase 0-1 complete, Phase 2-5 partial, resolved design decisions
- OVERVIEW.md: Add HttpServer, Test effect, JIT to completed features
- ROADMAP.md: Add HttpServer, Process, Test effects to done list
- VISION.md: Update Phase 2-3 tables with current status
- guide/05-effects.md: Add Time, HttpServer, Test to effects table
- guide/09-stdlib.md: Add HttpServer, Time, Test effect docs
- reference/syntax.md: Fix interpolation syntax, remove unsupported literals
- testing.md: Add native Test effect documentation
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Record equality: add Record case to values_equal in interpreter
- Invalid escapes: error on unknown escape sequences in lexer
- Unknown effects: validate effect names in check_function with suggestions
- Circular types: add DFS cycle detection in check_type_cycles
- Parser: require | for enum variants, enabling proper type alias syntax
All 265 tests pass.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add Test effect with operations: assert, assertEqual, assertNotEqual,
assertTrue, assertFalse, fail
- Implement Test effect handlers in interpreter with TestResults tracking
- Add values_equal method for comparing Value types in tests
- Update lux test command to discover and run test_* functions
- Create example test files: test_math.lux, test_lists.lux
- Add TESTING_DESIGN.md documentation
- Fix AST mismatches in C backend and compiler.rs for compatibility
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Schema Evolution:
- Preserve version info in type resolution (Type::Versioned)
- Track versioned type declarations in typechecker
- Detect version mismatches at compile time (@v1 vs @v2 errors)
- Support @v2+ (at least) and @latest version constraints
- Store migrations for future auto-migration support
- Fix let bindings to preserve declared type annotations
HTTP Server Effect:
- Add HttpServer effect with listen, accept, respond, respondWithHeaders, stop
- Implement blocking request handling via tiny_http
- Request record includes method, path, body, headers
- Add http_server.lux example with routing via pattern matching
- Add type-checking test for HttpServer effect
Tests: 222 passing (up from 217)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add `lux compile <file>` command that compiles and runs Lux code using
the Cranelift JIT compiler. Includes --benchmark flag for timing.
- Add compile_file() function in main.rs
- Add jit_test.lux example with fib(30) + factorial(10)
- Update VISION.md status
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Many features were documented as "missing" or "planned" but are actually
working: generics, string interpolation, File/HTTP/Random/Time effects,
JSON parsing, module system, and JIT CLI integration.
Updated IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md, OVERVIEW.md with accurate status.
Added ROADMAP.md (use-case-targeted) and LANGUAGE_COMPARISON.md.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add String.fromChar function to convert Char to String
- Create four stress test projects demonstrating Lux features:
- json-parser: recursive descent parsing with Char handling
- markdown-converter: string manipulation and ADTs
- todo-app: list operations and pattern matching
- mini-interpreter: AST evaluation and environments
- Add comprehensive testing documentation (docs/testing.md)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add string concatenation support to + operator in typechecker
- Register ADT constructors in both type environment and interpreter
- Bind handlers as values so they can be referenced in run...with
- Fix effect checking to use subset instead of exact match
- Add built-in effects (Console, Fail, State) to run block contexts
- Suppress dead code warnings in diagnostics, modules, parser
Update all example programs with:
- Expected output documented in comments
- Proper run...with statements to execute code
Add new example programs:
- behavioral.lux: pure, idempotent, deterministic, commutative functions
- pipelines.lux: pipe operator demonstrations
- statemachine.lux: ADT-based state machines
- tailcall.lux: tail call optimization examples
- traits.lux: type classes and pattern matching
Add documentation:
- docs/IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md: feature roadmap and status
- docs/PERFORMANCE_AND_TRADEOFFS.md: performance analysis
Add benchmarks for performance testing.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
