README.md

wsd

A whitespace-based D dialect. I should note that this a proof of concept, and no more.

Running wsd

Running wsd is as simple as passing it the filename and any args you want to pass to rdmd. For example:

./wsd test1.wsd

wsd Code

wsd code is basically D code, but with 2 fundamental changes:

1. Braces are illegal. Blocks are specified by indenting another level. Currently only hardware tabs are supported, but I'm looking into adding space support. Also, any declaration or block specifier (if, while, function declarations, etc.) must be followed by a colon. See example for details.
2. Certain keywords (currently if, while, for, and foreach) do not allow parenthesis around their conditional expression. Again, see the example for more information

Sample Code

import std.stdio

void main():
	for int i = 0; i < 10; ++i:
		writeln( i )

	writeln( "Outer code" )

		writeln( "Inside a block" )

This outputs the following code:

import std.stdio;

void main()
{
	for( int i = 0; i < 10; ++i )
	{
		writeln( i );
	}

	writeln( "Outer code" );
	{

		writeln( "Inside a block" );
	}
}