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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>coffee-script.coffee</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="docco.css" /> </head> <body> <div id="container"> <div id="background"></div> <div id="jump_to"> Jump To &hellip; <div id="jump_wrapper"> <div id="jump_page"> <a class="source" href="browser.html"> browser.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="cake.html"> cake.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="coffee-script.html"> coffee-script.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="command.html"> command.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="grammar.html"> grammar.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="helpers.html"> helpers.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="index.html"> index.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="lexer.html"> lexer.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="nodes.html"> nodes.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="optparse.html"> optparse.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="repl.html"> repl.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="rewriter.html"> rewriter.coffee </a> <a class="source" href="scope.html"> scope.coffee </a> </div> </div> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <thead> <tr> <th class="docs"> <h1> coffee-script.coffee </h1> </th> <th class="code"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr id="section-1"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-1">&#182;</a> </div> <p>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.</p>
<p>If included on a webpage, it will automatically sniff out, compile, and
execute all scripts present in <code>text/coffeescript</code> tags.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">fs = </span><span class="nx">require</span> <span class="s1">&#39;fs&#39;</span>
<span class="nv">path = </span><span class="nx">require</span> <span class="s1">&#39;path&#39;</span>
<span class="p">{</span><span class="nx">Lexer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="nx">RESERVED</span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">require</span> <span class="s1">&#39;./lexer&#39;</span>
<span class="p">{</span><span class="nx">parser</span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">require</span> <span class="s1">&#39;./parser&#39;</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-2"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-2">&#182;</a> </div> <p>TODO: Remove registerExtension when fully deprecated.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">if</span> <span class="nx">require</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">extensions</span>
<span class="nx">require</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">extensions</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;.coffee&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">module</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">filename</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span>
<span class="nv">content = </span><span class="nx">compile</span> <span class="nx">fs</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">readFileSync</span> <span class="nx">filename</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;utf8&#39;</span>
<span class="nx">module</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">_compile</span> <span class="nx">content</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">filename</span>
<span class="k">else</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nx">require</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">registerExtension</span>
<span class="nx">require</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">registerExtension</span> <span class="s1">&#39;.coffee&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">content</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span> <span class="nx">compile</span> <span class="nx">content</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-3"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-3">&#182;</a> </div> <p>The current CoffeeScript version number.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">exports.VERSION = </span><span class="s1">&#39;1.0.0&#39;</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-4"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-4">&#182;</a> </div> <p>Words that cannot be used as identifiers in CoffeeScript code</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">exports.RESERVED = </span><span class="nx">RESERVED</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-5"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-5">&#182;</a> </div> <p>Expose helpers for testing.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">exports.helpers = </span><span class="nx">require</span> <span class="s1">&#39;./helpers&#39;</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-6"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-6">&#182;</a> </div> <p>Compile a string of CoffeeScript code to JavaScript, using the Coffee/Jison
compiler.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">exports.compile = compile = </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">code</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">options = </span><span class="p">{})</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span>
<span class="k">try</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">parser</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">parse</span> <span class="nx">lexer</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">tokenize</span> <span class="nx">code</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">compile</span> <span class="nx">options</span>
<span class="k">catch</span> <span class="nx">err</span>
<span class="nv">err.message = </span><span class="s2">&quot;In #{options.fileName}, #{err.message}&quot;</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nx">options</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">fileName</span>
<span class="k">throw</span> <span class="nx">err</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-7"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-7">&#182;</a> </div> <p>Tokenize a string of CoffeeScript code, and return the array of tokens.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">exports.tokens = </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">code</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">options</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span>
<span class="nx">lexer</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">tokenize</span> <span class="nx">code</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">options</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-8"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-8">&#182;</a> </div> <p>Parse a string of CoffeeScript code or an array of lexed tokens, and
return the AST. You can then compile it by calling <code>.compile()</code> on the root,
or traverse it by using <code>.traverse()</code> with a callback.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">exports.nodes = </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">source</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">options</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="k">typeof</span> <span class="nx">source</span> <span class="o">is</span> <span class="s1">&#39;string&#39;</span>
<span class="nx">parser</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">parse</span> <span class="nx">lexer</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">tokenize</span> <span class="nx">source</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">options</span>
<span class="k">else</span>
<span class="nx">parser</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">parse</span> <span class="nx">source</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-9"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-9">&#182;</a> </div> <p>Compile and execute a string of CoffeeScript (on the server), correctly
setting <code>__filename</code>, <code>__dirname</code>, and relative <code>require()</code>.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">exports.run = </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">code</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">options</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-10"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-10">&#182;</a> </div> <p>We want the root module.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre> <span class="nv">root = </span><span class="nx">module</span>
<span class="k">while</span> <span class="nx">root</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">parent</span>
<span class="nv">root = </span><span class="nx">root</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">parent</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-11"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-11">&#182;</a> </div> <p>Set the filename.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre> <span class="nv">root.filename = </span><span class="nx">fs</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">realpathSync</span> <span class="nx">options</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">fileName</span> <span class="o">or</span> <span class="s1">&#39;.&#39;</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-12"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-12">&#182;</a> </div> <p>Clear the module cache.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre> <span class="nv">root.moduleCache = </span><span class="p">{}</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nx">root</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">moduleCache</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-13"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-13">&#182;</a> </div> <p>Compile.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nx">path</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">extname</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">root</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">filename</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">isnt</span> <span class="s1">&#39;.coffee&#39;</span> <span class="o">or</span> <span class="nx">require</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">extensions</span>
<span class="nx">root</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">_compile</span> <span class="nx">compile</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">code</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">options</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="nx">root</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">filename</span>
<span class="k">else</span>
<span class="nx">root</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">_compile</span> <span class="nx">code</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">root</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">filename</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-14"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-14">&#182;</a> </div> <p>Compile and evaluate a string of CoffeeScript (in a Node.js-like environment).
The CoffeeScript REPL uses this to run the input.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">exports.eval = </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">code</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">options</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span>
<span class="nv">__filename = </span><span class="nx">options</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">fileName</span>
<span class="nv">__dirname = </span><span class="nx">path</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">dirname</span> <span class="nx">__filename</span>
<span class="nb">eval</span> <span class="nx">compile</span> <span class="nx">code</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">options</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-15"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-15">&#182;</a> </div> <p>Instantiate a Lexer for our use here.</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">lexer = </span><span class="k">new</span> <span class="nx">Lexer</span></pre></div> </td> </tr> <tr id="section-16"> <td class="docs"> <div class="pilwrap"> <a class="pilcrow" href="#section-16">&#182;</a> </div> <p>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".</p> </td> <td class="code"> <div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">parser.lexer =</span>
<span class="nx">lex</span><span class="o">:</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">tag</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">@yytext</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">@yylineno</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">@tokens</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">@pos</span><span class="o">++</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">or</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="nx">tag</span>
<span class="nx">setInput</span><span class="o">:</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">@tokens</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span>
<span class="vi">@pos = </span><span class="mi">0</span>
<span class="nx">upcomingInput</span><span class="o">:</span> <span class="o">-&gt;</span>
<span class="s2">&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="nv">parser.yy = </span><span class="nx">require</span> <span class="s1">&#39;./nodes&#39;</span>
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