kang2 v1.3.1

The Kang2 Programming Language

https://achodev.me/kang2

Kang2 is a free, open source and easy to use programming language, mainly for terminal applications.

Documentation

See documentation.md for more info

Changelog

Update 1.1

• Structs

  struct House {
      var name = "House"
      var color = "Red"
      var size = 100
  
      func getname() {
          return name
      }
  
      func getcolor() {
          return color
      }
  }
  
  var house = House()
  
  log house.getname()

• Better syntax errors

  var name = "Acho"
  var name = "acho"
  
  /* console
  Syntax error on line 2
  "name" is already defined
  
  2  |  var name = "acho"
            ~~~~
  */

• Fixes various bugs

Update 1.2

• comments

  // this is a comment

• += -= *= /= ++ syntax sugar

  var variable = 10
  
  variable++
  
  variable += 1
  variable -= 2
  variable *= 2
  variable /= 4

• Static functions

  struct SoundManager {
      static var volume = 10
      static var sounds = [
          Sound()
          Sound()
          Sound()
      ]
  
      static var playSound(index) {
          SoundManager.sounds[index].play()
      }
  }
  
  SoundManager.playSound(2)

• Changed 'input' to 'prompt'

  prompt "what's your name"

• Modules and importing

  // io.kg
  // ---------------------------
  func print(value) {
      log value
  }
  
  func input(q) {
      var result
      prompt q -> result
      return result 
  }
  // ---------------------------
  
  // test.kg
  // ---------------------------
  import io
  
  var name = io.input("what's your name? ")
  io.print("hello, " + name + "!")
  // ---------------------------
  
  /* console
  what's your name? acho
  hello, acho!
  */

• Better execution of kang2 scripts

  • node app.js <your kang2 script>.kg
• Visual Studio Code extension
  • Get decent syntax highlighting and icons by downloading the Kang2 VSC extension from the extension store!

Update 1.3

• Primitive types

  • Every variable has a type with standard functions (std folder)

    var string = "hey"
    log string.split()
    
    func log_char(char) {
        log char
    }
    
    string.split().foreach(log_char)

• Active references

  • Reference values with &, which will bind the reference to the original variable, making changing one, reflect the changes on both

  • Unreferencing values with @, to get the actual value and change it unrelated to the original variable

    var value = 10
    var ref = &value
    
    value = 20
    log @ref
    
    ref = 30
    log value
    
    log @ref + 10

    [console]
    20
    30
    40

• Advanced loop

  • More advanced loops

    loop var i = 0, i < 10, i++ {
        log i
    }

• Fixed a bunch of problems with the syntax highlighting
• Fixed lots of bugs, making the language more stable
• Made a small std library for most types