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Orkuncakilkaya ad63f09d53 Phase 7d: string interpolation text {expr} text
The readable way to build strings, as you noted `{a} {b}` beats `a + " " + b`.
A backtick string embeds any expression in `{…}` and desugars to the Phase-7c
`+` chain, wrapping each hole in `str(...)`:

  `hello {name}, n={count + 1}`
    ==  "hello " + name + ", n=" + str(count + 1)

- Lexer: a backtick captures its content raw as TK_INTERP.
- Parser: parse_interp splits literal runs from `{…}` holes (brace-depth aware,
  `{{`/`}}` escape to literal braces), re-lexes each hole as a full expression
  (save/restore toks/pi like an import), and folds it all into E_BIN(+) nodes —
  so no new AST or runtime beyond the existing concat.
- str(x): a string passes through; int/bool/fixed convert via a small emitted
  @fn_int_str prelude (digits from the end of a buffer, '-' for negatives),
  emitted once into any program that uses it.

examples/strings.ludic gains interpolation cases (now prints 1..7); the smoke
covers it. Grammar + ludic_syntax.h tokenize backtick strings (holes highlighted
as embedded code). LANGUAGE.md documents it as the preferred form.

Reseeded (22530 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 01:12:07 +03:00
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Ludic for VS Code

Syntax highlighting, formatting, and full language-server support for Ludic, the AI-first, ECS-native game language. See LANGUAGE.md in the Ludic repository for the language reference.

What you get

Source
Syntax highlighting TextMate grammar, works with no build
Semantic highlighting ludic-lsp — real name resolution, so a component reads differently from a local
Diagnostics structural errors as you type; ludicc's own errors on save
Completion context-aware: fields after ., components inside query [...], phases after phase, widgets inside ui
Hover signatures and docs for builtins, intrinsics, and everything you declared
Go to definition / references / rename across every file in the compilation unit, following import
Formatting format-on-save, comment-preserving
Outline, folding, inlay hints, signature help
```ludic fences in Markdown highlighted, checked, and formatted

Setup

Build the toolchain once, from the repository root:

./tools/build-tools.sh

That produces build/ludic-lsp and build/ludic-fmt, which the extension finds on its own. If you keep them elsewhere, set ludic.server.path.

Format on save:

"[ludic]": { "editor.formatOnSave": true }

Settings

  • ludic.server.path — where ludic-lsp lives. Empty = search build/, then PATH.
  • ludic.server.enabled — turn the server off and keep only static highlighting.
  • ludic.compilerPath — where ludicc lives, for on-save diagnostics.
  • ludic.compilerDiagnostics — whether to run the compiler at all.
  • ludic.indentSize — spaces per level for the formatter.
  • ludic.trace.server — log LSP traffic (Ludic: Show Language Server Log).

Installing without publishing

cd tools/editors/vscode
npm install
npx @vscode/vsce package
code --install-extension ludic-1.0.0.vsix