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CoffeeScript can be used both on the server, as a command-line compiler based on Node.js/V8, or to run CoffeeScripts directly in the browser. This module contains the main entry functions for tokenizing, parsing, and compiling source CoffeeScript into JavaScript.

If included on a webpage, it will automatically sniff out, compile, and execute all scripts present in text/coffeescript tags.

 
fs               = require 'fs'
path             = require 'path'
{Lexer,RESERVED} = require './lexer'
{parser}         = require './parser'

TODO: Remove registerExtension when fully deprecated.

 
if require.extensions
  require.extensions['.coffee'] = (module, filename) ->
    content = compile fs.readFileSync filename, 'utf8'
    module._compile content, filename
else if require.registerExtension
  require.registerExtension '.coffee', (content) -> compile content

The current CoffeeScript version number.

 
exports.VERSION = '1.0.0'

Words that cannot be used as identifiers in CoffeeScript code

 
exports.RESERVED = RESERVED

Expose helpers for testing.

 
exports.helpers = require './helpers'

Compile a string of CoffeeScript code to JavaScript, using the Coffee/Jison compiler.

 
exports.compile = compile = (code, options = {}) ->
  try
    (parser.parse lexer.tokenize code).compile options
  catch err
    err.message = "In #{options.fileName}, #{err.message}" if options.fileName
    throw err

Tokenize a string of CoffeeScript code, and return the array of tokens.

 
exports.tokens = (code, options) ->
  lexer.tokenize code, options

Parse a string of CoffeeScript code or an array of lexed tokens, and return the AST. You can then compile it by calling .compile() on the root, or traverse it by using .traverse() with a callback.

 
exports.nodes = (source, options) ->
  if typeof source is 'string'
    parser.parse lexer.tokenize source, options
  else
    parser.parse source

Compile and execute a string of CoffeeScript (on the server), correctly setting __filename, __dirname, and relative require().

 
exports.run = (code, options) ->

We want the root module.

 
  root = module
  while root.parent
    root = root.parent

Set the filename.

 
  root.filename = fs.realpathSync options.fileName or '.'

Clear the module cache.

 
  root.moduleCache = {} if root.moduleCache

Compile.

 
  if path.extname(root.filename) isnt '.coffee' or require.extensions
    root._compile compile(code, options), root.filename
  else
    root._compile code, root.filename

Compile and evaluate a string of CoffeeScript (in a Node.js-like environment). The CoffeeScript REPL uses this to run the input.

 
exports.eval = (code, options) ->
  __filename = options.fileName
  __dirname  = path.dirname __filename
  eval compile code, options

Instantiate a Lexer for our use here.

 
lexer = new Lexer

The real Lexer produces a generic stream of tokens. This object provides a thin wrapper around it, compatible with the Jison API. We can then pass it directly as a "Jison lexer".

 
parser.lexer =
  lex: ->
    [tag, @yytext, @yylineno] = @tokens[@pos++] or ['']
    tag
  setInput: (@tokens) ->
    @pos = 0
  upcomingInput: ->
    ""

parser.yy = require './nodes'