(Continued from https://github.com/johsteffens/xoico)
Xoico is a self-hosting compiler for the xoila programming language.
It generates c-source code, which is stored in files named *.xo.{c,h}.
Configuration files *_xoico.cfg specify how xoico is to navigate through the sources.
More details will follow ...
Building xoico:
$ git clone https://github.com/johsteffens/beth
$ cd beth/xoico
$ make
Using xoico:
$ ./bin/xoico --help
The makefile of beth shows how xoico is used to build beth in conjunction with a C-Compiler.
Xoila is a programming-language, which was conceived along with the beth-framework.
Xoila-code is can be embedded in c-header files. It can also occur in dedicated files, which have the extension *.x.
Inside a header file the xoila-section is enclosed by #ifdef XOILA_SECTION ... #endif. The (pseudo-)macro XOILA_SECTION is to be unknown by the C-compiler, so it will not try to interpret the enclosed code. Xoico, on the other hand, uses this keyword to determine the code block to be compiled.
Xoila is used in conjunction with library bcore of beth. It provides a convenient programming layer unlocking core concepts of project beth.
(Xoila was initially called Beth-Plant.)
The language is still in development. Once it reaches maturity it shall be better document. Until then the code for this compiler can be used as basis to learn more about the language.
© Johannes B. Steffens