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Unfancy JavaScript
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Previously, the parser created `Literal` nodes for many things. This resulted in information loss. Instead of being able to check the node type, we had to use regexes to tell the different types of `Literal`s apart. That was a bit like parsing literals twice: Once in the lexer, and once (or more) in the compiler. It also caused problems, such as `` `this` `` and `this` being indistinguishable (fixes #2009). Instead returning `new Literal` in the grammar, subtypes of it are now returned instead, such as `NumberLiteral`, `StringLiteral` and `IdentifierLiteral`. `new Literal` by itself is only used to represent code chunks that fit no category. (While mentioning `NumberLiteral`, there's also `InfinityLiteral` now, which is a subtype of `NumberLiteral`.) `StringWithInterpolations` has been added as a subtype of `Parens`, and `RegexWithInterpolations` as a subtype of `Call`. This makes it easier for other programs to make use of CoffeeScript's "AST" (nodes). For example, it is now possible to distinguish between `"a #{b} c"` and `"a " + b + " c"`. Fixes #4192. `SuperCall` has been added as a subtype of `Call`. Note, though, that some information is still lost, especially in the lexer. For example, there is no way to distinguish a heredoc from a regular string, or a heregex without interpolations from a regular regex. Binary and octal number literals are indistinguishable from hexadecimal literals. After the new subtypes were added, they were taken advantage of, removing most regexes in nodes.coffee. `SIMPLENUM` (which matches non-hex integers) had to be kept, though, because such numbers need special handling in JavaScript (for example in `1..toString()`). An especially nice hack to get rid of was using `new String()` for the token value for reserved identifiers (to be able to set a property on them which could survive through the parser). Now it's a good old regular string. In range literals, slices, splices and for loop steps when number literals are involved, CoffeeScript can do some optimizations, such as precomputing the value of, say, `5 - 3` (outputting `2` instead of `5 - 3` literally). As a side bonus, this now also works with hexadecimal number literals, such as `0x02`. Finally, this also improves the output of `coffee --nodes`: # Before: $ bin/coffee -ne 'while true "#{a}" break' Block While Value Bool Block Value Parens Block Op + Value """" Value Parens Block Value "a" "break" # After: $ bin/coffee -ne 'while true "#{a}" break' Block While Value BooleanLiteral: true Block Value StringWithInterpolations Block Op + Value StringLiteral: "" Value Parens Block Value IdentifierLiteral: a StatementLiteral: break |
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CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles into JavaScript.
Installation
If you have the node package manager, npm, installed:
npm install -g coffee-script
Leave off the -g if you don't wish to install globally. If you don't wish to use npm:
git clone https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript.git
sudo coffeescript/bin/cake install
Getting Started
Execute a script:
coffee /path/to/script.coffee
Compile a script:
coffee -c /path/to/script.coffee
For documentation, usage, and examples, see: http://coffeescript.org/
To suggest a feature or report a bug: http://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/issues
If you'd like to chat, drop by #coffeescript on Freenode IRC.
The source repository: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript.git
Changelog: http://coffeescript.org/#changelog
Our lovely and talented contributors are listed here: http://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/contributors