update readme

Cargo.lock

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ checksum = "b03f7fbd470aa8b3ad163c85cce8bccfc11cc9c44ef12da0a4eddd98bd307352"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "spl"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "multicall",
  "once_cell",

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "spl"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Stack Pogramming Language: A simple, concise scripting language."
 license = "MIT"

README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ func main { mega | with args ;
         { str | " " concat } swap:map
         &print swap:foreach
     "" println
-    println <{ "and with that, we're done" }
+    println<"and with that, we're done">
     0
 }
 ```
@@ -177,19 +177,19 @@ func main { mega | with args ;
   ```
 - SPL actually isn't fully concatenative. It supports postfix arguments as well:
   ```js
-      println <{ "and with that, we're done" }
+      println<"and with that, we're done">
   ```
   This is actually not a special interpreter feature, more so is it a special
   lexer feature. This is 100% equivalent with the non-postfix version, where the
   string is right before the `println`.
 
   The same can be done for object calls. Let's rewrite the previous code with
-  postfix:
+  prefix notation:
   ```js
-  Range:new <{ 0 5 }
+  Range:new<0 5>
       :iter
-      :map <{ { | 5 * } }
-      :foreach <{ { | _str println } }
+      :map<{ | 5 * }>
+      :foreach<{ | _str println }>
   ```
 
   I lied. This is now no longer 100% equivalent. Let's look at what happens
@@ -261,4 +261,4 @@ As you can see, it's relatively straight-forward to do; but there are some major
 
 The second one is easy to fix, but I intend to fix the first one first. Sadly, fixing it requires
 compiling the code as a dynamic library and also getting it to work with the program its running in. 
-If anyone knows how to do this properly, I'd REALLY appreciate a PR or issue explaining it.
+If anyone knows how to do this properly, I'd REALLY appreciate a PR or issue explaining it.

src/lexer.rs

@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ pub fn lex(compat: bool, input: String) -> Result<Words, LexerError> {
 fn read_block(
     str_words: &[String],
     isfn: bool,
+    compat: bool,
+) -> Result<(Option<u32>, Words, usize), LexerError> {
+    read_block_dyn(str_words, isfn, "}".to_owned(), compat)
+}
+
+fn read_block_dyn(
+    str_words: &[String],
+    isfn: bool,
+    endword: String,
     mut compat: bool,
 ) -> Result<(Option<u32>, Words, usize), LexerError> {
     if str_words.is_empty() {
@@ -111,8 +120,8 @@ fn read_block(
             x if x.len() >= 2 && &x[0..2] == "!{" => {
                 words.push(Word::Const(Value::Str(x[2..].to_owned())));
             }
-            "<{" => {
-                let block = read_block(&str_words[i + 1..], false, compat)?;
+            "<" => {
+                let block = read_block_dyn(&str_words[i + 1..], false, ">".to_owned(), compat)?;
                 i += block.2 + 1;
                 let mut block = block.1.words;
                 match words.remove(words.len() - 1) {
@@ -227,7 +236,7 @@ fn read_block(
                 }
                 words.push(Word::Key(Keyword::With(vars)));
             }
-            "}" => {
+            x if x == endword => {
                 break;
             }
             x if x.starts_with('\"') => {
@@ -286,7 +295,11 @@ fn read_block(
     Ok((rem, Words { words }, i))
 }
 
-fn parse(input: String) -> Vec<String> {
+pub fn parse(mut input: String) -> Vec<String> {
+    if input.starts_with("#!") {
+        input = input.split_off(input.find('\n').expect("cannot have #! without newline"));
+    }
+
     let mut words = Vec::new();
     let mut s = String::new();
 
@@ -346,6 +359,17 @@ fn parse(input: String) -> Vec<String> {
                     if c == '(' || c == ')' {
                         continue;
                     }
+                    if c == '<' || c == '>' {
+                        if s.is_empty() {
+                            words.push(c.to_string());
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        words.push(s);
+                        s = String::new();
+                        was_in_string = false;
+                        words.push(c.to_string());
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     if c == ' ' || c == '\t' {
                         if s.is_empty() {
                             continue;

src/main.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use spl::{lex, oxidizer::RustAppBuilder, start_file_in_runtime, Runtime, SetRuntime};
+use spl::{
+    lex, oxidizer::RustAppBuilder, sasm::sasm_write, start_file_in_runtime, Runtime, SetRuntime,
+};
 
 use std::{env::args, fs};
 
@@ -6,9 +8,14 @@ fn main() {
     Runtime::new().set();
     let mut args = args().skip(1);
     let arg = &args.next().unwrap_or("#repl.spl".to_owned());
-    if arg == "--build" || arg == "--run" || arg == "--buildrun" {
+    if arg == "--build" || arg == "--run" || arg == "--buildrun" || arg == "--debug" {
         let file = args.next().unwrap();
         let data = fs::read_to_string(file.clone()).expect("unable to read specified file");
+        if arg == "--debug" {
+            println!("words: {}", spl::parse(data.clone()).join("  "));
+            println!("{}", sasm_write(lex(false, data).unwrap()));
+            return;
+        }
         let build_only = arg == "--build";
         if build_only {
             println!("Building SPL with specified natives file...");

std.spl

@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ construct _str_ext {
     starts-with { bool | with beginning this ;
         beginning:to-bytes this:to-bytes:starts-with
     }
+    _char { int | with this ; 
+        0 (this _array):get
+    }
 } include _str_ext in str
 
 construct _mega-ext {
@@ -398,9 +401,9 @@ func concat { str | with a b ;
 
 func nconcat { str | with amt ;
     _array
-    (amt 1 -):foreach <{ { | pop
+    (amt 1 -):foreach<{ | pop
         swap _array swap aadd
-    } }
+    }>
     _str
 }
 

test.spl

@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ func main { int | with args ;
 
     "testing messages" println
     def bus messaging:Bus:new =bus
-    bus:subscribe <{ "testmsg1" { | with message ; message:name print " called1 1" println } }
-    bus:subscribe <{ "testmsg1" { | with message ; message:name print " called1 2" println } }
-    bus:subscribe <{ "testmsg2" { | with message ; message:name print " called2 1" println } }
-    bus:subscribe <{ "testmsg2" { | with message ; message:name print " called2 2" println } }
+    bus:subscribe<"testmsg1" { | with message ; message:name print " called1 1" println }>
+    bus:subscribe<"testmsg1" { | with message ; message:name print " called1 2" println }>
+    bus:subscribe<"testmsg2" { | with message ; message:name print " called2 1" println }>
+    bus:subscribe<"testmsg2" { | with message ; message:name print " called2 2" println }>
     "testmsg1" bus:publish
     "testmsg2" bus:publish
     "testmsg1" bus:publish
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func main { int | with args ;
     100
 }
 
-func cached-test { mega | 1 "cached-test" cache <{ { mega | with i ;
+func cached-test { mega | 1 "cached-test" cache<{ mega | with i ;
     i 2 *
     "calculated " i _str concat println
-} } }
+}>}