c_lox_interpreter

Lox is a scripting language written for learning purposes, this version of the interpreter is written in c and so can be compiled for any machine that has installed a c compiler. Amenities are provided using make so it's good to have installed make too.

Installation

After installing dependencies listed above you can:

• Use make to compile the interpreter
• Use make run to enter in REPL mode and write lines of Lox.
• Use make run {filename} to execute a lox file.
• Use make clean to delete all the .o and .exe files produced by the make command.

Options

To toggle logging from the interpreter you just need to comment out in common.h these lines:

#define clox_common_h

#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdint.h>

// #define DEBUG_PRINT_CODE
// #define DEBUG_TRACE_EXECUTION

// #define DEBUG_STRESS_GC
// #define DEBUG_LOG_GC

#define UINT8_COUNT (UINT8_MAX + 1)

#endif

Then recompile the program with make or using the base gcc compiler and enjoy!

Syntax rules

To write programs in Lox you should follow the rules stated by the creator at this