XIDEK
Extensible Interpreter Development Kit

Table of Contents

Introduction

License

Frequently Asked Questions

Baseline Languages

• Introduction
• Overview of CLL - a C-Like Language
• Overview of PLL - a Pascal-Like Language

Four Ways to Write an Interpreter

• Introduction
• 1. Direct Execution
• 2. Tree Execution
• 3. Direct Compilation
• 4. Tree Compilation

Building Custom Interpreters

• Introduction
• Working Examples of Interpreter Extensions
• The Host Program Interface
• Adding New Data Types
• Adding New Operations
  • Built-in Functions
  • Adding New Statement Syntax
  • Adding New Expression Syntax
• Other Ways to Customize an Interpreter

Implementation

• Introduction
• Support Code
• Compiling and Linking

Reference Documentation

• Directory Structure
• Language Reference
  • CLL Language Syntax
  • PLL Language Syntax
• Baseline Interpreter Reference
  • dxi: Direct Execution Interpreters
  • astxi: Tree Execution Interpreters
  • dci: Direct Compilation Interpreters
  • astci: Tree Compilation Interpreters
• Support Module Reference
  • Common Definitions
  • Bytecode Interpreter Definitions
  • Abstract Syntax Tree Definitions
  • Abstract Syntax Tree Parser
• Extension Example Reference
  • Adding Complex Arithmetic
  • Adding Arrays and Subscripts
  • Adding Structs and Objects
  • Adding Function Definitions

Reference Syntax Files

• cll.syn
• pll.syn
• matrix.syn
• units.syn

Appendices

• The Dangling Else Problem
• AGCLIB1 Class Library