ludic/examples/strings.ludic
Orkuncakilkaya e9c15cc620 Phase 7e: polymorphic print(x) + str(x) (retire print_int/print_str)
One `print` instead of two C-style names: `print(x)` writes an int OR a string
followed by a newline, dispatching on the operand type (int -> %d, string ->
%s). `print(int)` emits byte-identically to the old print_int, so every existing
call and every smoke-test output is unchanged.

print_str was only ever the raw IR-to-stdout dump in ir_flush (no newline), which
is not "printing a line" — so it now uses file_write to a new file_stdout()
stream, keeping the emitted IR byte-for-byte identical. That frees `print` to
have consistent always-newline semantics.

Two reseeds: (A) add print + str + file_stdout keeping the intrinsics; (B)
migrate the 61 print_int calls to print, ir_flush to file_write(file_stdout()),
and delete print_int/print_str (+ the now-dead @.fmt_str). str(x) (the
interpolation converter from 7d) is now also a documented standalone builtin.

Vocabulary: print/str/file_stdout in, print_int/print_str out (ludic_syntax.h,
grammar, LudicTokens.kt). LANGUAGE.md updated. Reseeded (22551 lines); C-free
fixpoint holds; goldens identical; 18/18; vocab + doc-fences clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-28 01:22:38 +03:00

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# strings.ludic — strings are values: compare with ==/!=, join with +, or (best)
# interpolate with `backticks {expr}`. Running it prints: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
program Strings {
entry {
let greeting = "hello"
if greeting == "hello" { print(1) } # content comparison
if greeting != "world" { print(2) }
let who = "Ludic"
let msg = greeting + ", " + who + "!" # concatenation chains
if msg == "hello, Ludic!" { print(3) }
# build up a string in a loop
var line = ""
var i = 0
while i < 3 { line = line + "ab"; i = i + 1 }
if line == "ababab" { print(4) }
if (greeting + who) != greeting { print(5) }
# interpolation: `{expr}` embeds any expression (numbers become text)
let n = 42
if `{greeting}, {who}!` == "hello, Ludic!" { print(6) }
if `n={n}, next={n + 1}` == "n=42, next=43" { print(7) }
}
}