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The as2js compiler and library is used to convert C++ like scripts in JavaScript that will run in your browsers. The name comes "AlexScript to JavaScript" as the system is used to transcode an advanced version of JavaScript to a version that browsers can execute. Our version includes full support for classes, interfaces, and a complete system environment, contrary to browsers that have many limits (although since version 6, browsers also support classes).
Current status: the trascoder is still in development... I have a version that compiles to binary which is used by the Prinbee system. You can find the status of the coverage and tests below.
The source code compiles, but most certainly does not work as expected yet. You can find it here:
https://github.com/m2osw/as2js
Here is a small example of a class one could use to handle a Popup with jQuery:
class Popup
{
public:
function Popup()
{
jQuery("<div id='popup'></div>").appendTo("body");
f_popup = jQuery("#popup");
}
function open()
{
f_popup.show(150);
}
function close()
{
f_popup.hide(150);
}
private:
var f_popup: jQuery;
};
As we can see, this has no prototype definitions and you would not have to use the 'this' keyword all over the place (this feature also forces you to properly name your variables). Of course, in the final output the open, close, and f_popup members are defined in the Popup function prototype definition as expected by browsers. Note also that the semi-colon (;) characters at the end of a line are mandatory.
The coverage tests are to run 100% of the whole code base.
At this point, most of the base of the compiler are covered at 100%. This still doesn't mean it works as expected. To test that 100%, we need to enter a lot of code, compile it, and make sure that resulting program works as expected. Yet, this version is 100% converted to snapcatch2 and runs tests for over two and a half hours on my about 2Ghz processor, testing millions of possibilities. It's getting there.
The website shown in the frame above includes coverage, statistics about the number of lines of code, and the logs while running the coverage tests showing that it ran all the tests.
The following is a complete list of all the supported operators. They are pretty much the same as the JavaScript operators, plus some perl operators and some extension that appears in g++.
| Operator | Priority | Comments |
|---|---|---|
|
false FLOAT IDENTIFIER INTEGER null private public /.../ `...` '...' "..." super this true undefined () [] {} |
20 |
Primary or literal Regular expressions can use the /.../ syntax, in some cases, the '/' can be viewed as a divide operator instead The `...` string represents a template Here the parenthesis represent a group of expressions Here the square brackets are used to define an array literal Here the curvly brackets are used to define an object literal |
|
. :: x++ x-- () [] |
19 |
Post operators Member (.) Scope (::) Here the parenthesis represent a function call Here the square brackets mean access an array or object property |
|
delete ++x --x void typeof + - ~ ! |
18 | Unary |
| ** | 17 | Power, note that this operator is right to left: a ** b **c is equivalent to a ** (b ** c) and not (a ** b) ** c. |
|
~= !~ |
16 |
Match, Not Match If Not Match (!~) is found as a unary operator, it is reverted back to two unary operators: '!' and '~'. |
|
* / % |
15 | Multiplicative |
|
+ - |
14 | Additive (binary) |
|
<<
>> >>> <% >% |
13 |
Shift The <% and >% are rotate operators. |
|
< > <= >= is as in in .. instanceof |
12 |
Relational operators The 'in' operator can be followed by a range (a in min .. max) |
|
== != <> === !== <=> ~~ |
11 |
Equality '<>' is an exact equivalent to '!=' <=> is the compare operator which returns -1, 0, 1, or undefined ~~ is the smart match operator; if found as a unary operator, we revert it to two ~ unary operators (bitwise not) |
| & | 10 | Bitwise AND |
| ^ | 9 | Bitwise XOR |
| | | 8 | Bitwise OR |
| && | 7 | Logical AND |
| ^^ | 6 | Logical XOR |
| || | 5 | Logical OR |
|
<? >? |
4 | Minimum and Maximum operators |
| ?: | 3 | Conditional |
|
= := += &= |= ^= /= &&= ||= ^^= >?= <?= %= *= **= <%= >%= <<= >>= >>>= -= |
2 |
Assignments ':=' is an exact equivalent to '=' See non-assignment operators for more details |
| , | 1 | Comma, separates items in a list of expressions. |
Google Closure -- this is similar as it is a compiler that supports typing, however the types are to be defined in comments
Flow -- this is similar as it is a compiler that supports inline typing
Immutable -- a library to help with protecting objects against accidental changes
emscripten -- LLVM to JavaScript, write C++ and output JavaScript code
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