Replace Kym "System Bindings" with Hardcoded Builtins #32

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kayomn · 2023-08-12T20:41:30+02:00

kayomn commented

2023-08-12 20:41:30 +02:00

Kym currently supports native functions to be bound in global scope using the @ prefix, however these symbols are resolved dynamically to no real benefit.

The case for supporting symbols that are bound at startup to never change yet are dynamically resolved is shakey at best. Therefore, this proposal seeks to replace their existing usage with built-in behavior known to the compiler as well as the runtime.

These builtins would act much like keywords in providing language intrinsic behavior, but would take on the same function calling syntax that callable system bindings currently support.

Kym currently supports native functions to be bound in global scope using the @ prefix, however these symbols are resolved dynamically to no real benefit. The case for supporting symbols that are bound at startup to never change yet are dynamically resolved is shakey at best. Therefore, this proposal seeks to replace their existing usage with built-in behavior known to the compiler as well as the runtime. These builtins would act much like keywords in providing language intrinsic behavior, but would take on the same function calling syntax that callable system bindings currently support.

kayomn added this to the (deleted) milestone 2023-08-12 20:41:30 +02:00

kayomn self-assigned this 2023-08-12 20:41:31 +02:00

kayomn referenced a pull request that will close this issue

2023-08-13 02:15:11 +02:00

Replace System Objects with Builtins and Syscalls #33

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2023-08-13 02:35:26 +02:00

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