Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On 05/01/2018 07:09 AM, Ryan Joseph wrote: In PHP I always just load the file into string and loop over it line by line using regex to cut out the parts I need. I like it because it’s so easy to write and gets the job done. What ever I would make it Pascal would be 10x larger probably. FWIW:

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

> On May 1, 2018, at 5:55 PM, Marco van de Voort wrote: > > I already stumbled on regex :_) Anyone feel free to make a good example of a token parser in Pascal so I can see how it looks. I never an actual good parser that understands syntax so I don’t have any good examples

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

In our previous episode, Michael Van Canneyt said: > >> If you have access to the underlying API spec in the form of an IDL, then > >> we > >> could make a tool that parses the IDL and dumps the API in the form of > >> "external" declarations. > > > > There it is. A parser needs to be made I

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Tue, 1 May 2018, Ryan Joseph wrote: On May 1, 2018, at 4:37 PM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: What's wrong with the above code ? It obviously works well enough, otherwise they wouldn't have made the API so. The float32 array is a Javascript type that

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Tue, 1 May 2018 10:52:32 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneyt wrote: >[...] > > Note that the 'var' is a workaround till eventually pas2js supports > > external 'const' without expression. > > Well, I specially did not mention this, because I consider it a dirty hack. >

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

> On May 1, 2018, at 4:37 PM, Michael Van Canneyt > wrote: > > What's wrong with the above code ? > > It obviously works well enough, otherwise they wouldn't have made the API so. > > The float32 array is a Javascript type that encapsulates a memory buffer. > I assu

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Tue, 1 May 2018, Ingemar Ragnemalm wrote: Den 2018-05-01 kl. 09:50, Ryan Joseph wrote: On Apr 25, 2018, at 9:43 PM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Ah, webgl... I had a look at this some time ago, and got depressed. Quickly closed the

[fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

Den 2018-05-01 kl. 09:50, Ryan Joseph wrote: On Apr 25, 2018, at 9:43 PM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Ah, webgl... I had a look at this some time ago, and got depressed. Quickly closed the browser and didn't look back. Same for webaudio:(

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Tue, 1 May 2018, Ryan Joseph wrote: On May 1, 2018, at 4:10 PM, Mattias Gaertner wrote: In pas2js it will probably look similar to this: var vertices: array of glfloat = (-0.5, 0.5, -0.5, -0.5, 0.0, -0.5); var vertex_buffer: TInsertNameHere; begin //

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> On May 1, 2018, at 4:10 PM, Mattias Gaertner > wrote: > > In pas2js it will probably look similar to this: > > var vertices: array of glfloat = (-0.5, 0.5, -0.5, -0.5, 0.0, -0.5); > var vertex_buffer: TInsertNameHere; > begin > // Create a new buffer object >

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Tue, 1 May 2018, Ryan Joseph wrote: On May 1, 2018, at 4:12 PM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: If you have access to the underlying API spec in the form of an IDL, then we could make a tool that parses the IDL and dumps the API in the form of "external"

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Tue, 1 May 2018, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Tue, 1 May 2018 15:23:25 +0700 Ryan Joseph wrote: [...] what do we do for records then? We often need to pass arrays of specific types for functions such as glBufferData. type TVec2f = record x, y: GLfloat;

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> On May 1, 2018, at 3:50 PM, Michael Van Canneyt > wrote: > > > As far as I know, all consts in Javascript are scoped ? > > If this is not the case, then of course we should allow it. I think they added const. In the past I’ve seen using “let” but I don’t think

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Tue, 1 May 2018 15:36:59 +0700 Ryan Joseph wrote: >[...] > > Constants without expression can only exist in an external class. > > Just curious but why can’t you declare a const anywhere for any reasons? You can. > >> Also I mistyped, GLfloat is a type so how

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> On May 1, 2018, at 3:17 PM, Mattias Gaertner > wrote: > > JS only knows double for numbers. > > At compile time you can use almost all the normal types: byte, > word, longint, etc. > pas2js has an alias single, but because internally it is a double this > gives

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On Tue, 1 May 2018, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Tue, 1 May 2018 14:20:12 +0700 Ryan Joseph wrote: > On May 1, 2018, at 2:03 PM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > Of sorts. > MyClass = Class external name 'my' > const >MyConst :

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On Tue, 1 May 2018, Ryan Joseph wrote: On May 1, 2018, at 3:17 PM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: So constants must be part of the class? In the example below gl.COLOR_BUFFER_BIT is scoped to WebGLRenderingContext so I guess that’s the reason. Yes. Constants

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> On May 1, 2018, at 3:17 PM, Michael Van Canneyt > wrote: > >> So constants must be part of the class? In the example below >> gl.COLOR_BUFFER_BIT is scoped to WebGLRenderingContext so I guess that’s the >> reason. > > Yes. > > Constants without expression can

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Tue, 1 May 2018 14:20:12 +0700 Ryan Joseph wrote: > > On May 1, 2018, at 2:03 PM, Michael Van Canneyt > > wrote: > > > > Of sorts. > > MyClass = Class external name 'my' > > const > >MyConst : integer > > end; > > > > Will emit

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On Tue, 1 May 2018, Ryan Joseph wrote: On May 1, 2018, at 2:03 PM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Of sorts. MyClass = Class external name 'my' const MyConst : integer end; Will emit MyClass.MyConst. The compiler needs to know the type. I’m confused now. The

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Tue, 1 May 2018 15:03:30 +0700 Ryan Joseph wrote: > > On May 1, 2018, at 2:55 PM, Mattias Gaertner > > wrote: > > > > GLFloat is a type, not a const. > > > > type GLFloat = double; > > Yeah I mistyped. We shouldn’t be redefining

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> On May 1, 2018, at 2:55 PM, Mattias Gaertner > wrote: > > GLFloat is a type, not a const. > > type GLFloat = double; Yeah I mistyped. We shouldn’t be redefining GLfloat though (I doubt it’s a double in OpenGLES/WebGL either) so how does this (or other types)

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On Tue, 1 May 2018 12:11:37 +0700 Ryan Joseph wrote: >[...] > const > GLfloat = MAP_TO_SOMETHING; // do we have external consts? GLFloat is a type, not a const. type GLFloat = double; Mattias ___ fpc-pascal maillist -

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> On May 1, 2018, at 2:03 PM, Michael Van Canneyt > wrote: > > Of sorts. > MyClass = Class external name 'my' > const >MyConst : integer > end; > > Will emit MyClass.MyConst. The compiler needs to know the type. I’m confused now. The class is named

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Tue, 1 May 2018, Ryan Joseph wrote: On May 1, 2018, at 11:27 AM, Michalis Kamburelis wrote: I suspect that we will have a unit like WebGL in pas2js that exposes the necessary JS functions for Pascal applications. Sure but how does the porting process look?

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Tue, 1 May 2018, Michalis Kamburelis wrote: I had a look at this some time ago, and got depressed. Quickly closed the browser and didn't look back. Same for webaudio :( The API of WebGL is actually mostly a subset of OpenGLES which is a subset of OpenGL. WebGL is quite small, if you

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

> On May 1, 2018, at 11:27 AM, Michalis Kamburelis > wrote: > > I suspect that we will have a unit like WebGL in pas2js that exposes > the necessary JS functions for Pascal applications. Sure but how does the porting process look? I’m reading the wiki and it looks

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

2018-05-01 4:50 GMT+02:00 Ryan Joseph : > > >> On Apr 25, 2018, at 9:43 PM, Michael Van Canneyt >> wrote: >> >> Ah, webgl... >> >> I had a look at this some time ago, and got depressed. Quickly closed the >> browser and didn't look back. Same

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> On Apr 25, 2018, at 9:43 PM, Michael Van Canneyt > wrote: > > Ah, webgl... > > I had a look at this some time ago, and got depressed. Quickly closed the > browser and didn't look back. Same for webaudio :( I’m actually a little curious about this myself because

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, Michael Schnell wrote: On 25.04.2018 15:20, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Now that interface support has been added to the list of implemented language features of pas2js, we're looking to get feedback on what best to tackle next. Of course rather off-topic here, but as

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On 25.04.2018 15:20, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Now that interface support has been added to the list of implemented language features of pas2js, we're looking to get feedback on what best to tackle next. Of course rather off-topic here, but as you ask: How usable is Lazarus for pas2js

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:13:25 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, Benito van der Zander wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to vote for pointer support... > > "Pointers to records" are supported. Basically pointers are implemented as

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, Benito van der Zander wrote: Hi, I would like to vote for pointer support... "Pointers to records" are supported. But general purpose pointers and such are not planned. Michael. ___ fpc-pascal maillist -

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

Hi, I would like to vote for pointer support... Cheers, Benito On 25.04.2018 15:20, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Hello, Now that interface support has been added to the list of implemented language features of pas2js, we're looking to get feedback on what best to tackle next. This

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, Reimar Grabowski wrote: On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:43:30 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Ah, webgl... I had a look at this some time ago, and got depressed. Can you elaborate? Nothing special, simply the sheer size of it :( Michael.

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:43:30 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > Ah, webgl... > > I had a look at this some time ago, and got depressed. Can you elaborate? R. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org

Re: [fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, Ingemar Ragnemalm wrote: Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Hello, Now that interface support has been added to the list of implemented language features of pas2js, we're looking to get feedback on what best to tackle next. This time, the poll is

[fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Hello, Now that interface support has been added to the list of implemented language features of pas2js, we're looking to get feedback on what best to tackle next. This time, the poll is not on the forum, so you do not need to have an account

[fpc-pascal] Next language feature for pas2js...

Hello, Now that interface support has been added to the list of implemented language features of pas2js, we're looking to get feedback on what best to tackle next. This time, the poll is not on the forum, so you do not need to have an account to vote. Here is a link to the poll: