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Add clap for parsing command line arguments

5

Fixes https://github.com/polybuildr/balloon-lang/issues/41

ghost

Use a command line library crate

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The current handling of command line arguments (refer to `fn main` in [main.rs](src/main.rs)) is rather crude. Using a command line library crate would definitely make things simpler.

polybuildr

Replace ~80% of code in `llvm_interpreter.rs` by just hand-writing a prelude

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I'm using your project as a guinea pig (again). I want to see how successful this approach of storing the `prelude` as a `.ll` file is. This will also help...

bollu

Figure out function types and subtyping story

2

Currently, balloon naively treats all functions' types as equal. However, when checking function calls, since it traces the actual call, it points out incorrect number of arguments (which must match...

polybuildr

# Working draft of the roadmap after 0.1.0 ## 0.2.0 This release is meant to focus on the language features. Thus, new language constructs that are dissimilar to existing ones...

polybuildr

Support union types in the typechecker

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Instead of falling back to plain old `Any`, the typechecker should support union types in cases where inference cannot settle on just one type (and in the future when explicit...

polybuildr

The usual ``` while condition { // something } ```

polybuildr

polybuildr

polybuildr

Update Readme with goals

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This would help clarify what you're trying to do with the project.

bollu