Theoretical Benefits / Plans:
- Typed assembler-like language.
- Allows for a CPS transformation.
- Can replace the existing C backend by a new C backend.
- Can replace the VM.
- Can do more effective "not nil" checking and static array bounds
checking.
- Can be used instead of the DFA.
- Easily translatable to LLVM.
- Reasonably easy to produce native code from.
- Tiny memory consumption. No pointers, no cry.
**In very early stages of development.**
Todo:
- [x] Map Nim types to IR types.
- [ ] Map Nim AST to IR instructions:
- [x] Map bitsets to bitops.
- [ ] Implement string cases.
- [ ] Implement range and index checks.
- [x] Implement `default(T)` builtin.
- [x] Implement multi string concat.
- [ ] Write some analysis passes.
- [ ] Write a backend.
- [x] Integrate into the compilation pipeline.
* fix =#13790 ptr char (+friends) should not implicitly convert to cstring
* Apply suggestions from code review
* first round; compiles on windows
* nimPreviewSlimSystem
* conversion is unsafe, cast needed
* fixes more tests
* fixes asyncnet
* another try another error
* last one
* true
* one more
* why bugs didn't show at once
* add `nimPreviewCstringConversion` switch
* typo
* fixes ptr to cstring warnings[backport]
* add fixes
Co-authored-by: xflywind <43030857+xflywind@users.noreply.github.com>
