Building

Building for development

To build the compiler, you can run stack build --pedantic from $CATLN_HOME.

Once it is built, you can execute the compiler on a Catln file by running stack exec catln test/code/arith.ct.

You can also use a repl as follows:

# Start stack repl
stack repl

# run command in repl
# the ... represents all files in the program
# process run the file
*...> process "test/code/arith.ct"

A repl that also keeps a stack trace for finding the source of errors can also be run. Use make errRepl or stack ghci --profile catln --ghci-options "-fexternal-interpreter -prof" --test. This can take a few hours to build the first time it is run.

Tests

To run the Catln test suite, execute stack test --pedantic.

You can also load the tests within the repl:

# Start stack repl
stack repl

# Load the main test file in the repl
*...> :l test/Spec

# Execute the main test suite command including the full test suite
*...> main

# Execute the "arith" test located in "test/code/arith.ct"
*...> mt "arith"

# Execute the custom untracked test file located at "test/test.ct"
# This is useful during development
# Unlike the main tests, this one does not include the core library
*...> test

Webdocs

Webdocs can be built using the standard way described in the main building document. In addition, another strategy for building webdocs can be done during development. It benefits from being somewhat faster to run, being runnable from the REPL without building code, and featuring live-reload for making changes to the webdocs.

In one command line, start the webdocs server using:

cd webdocs
npm start

Then, in another command line, run the webdocs API serving:

# See above for description of stack repl
stack repl
*...> :l test/Spec

# Run docs for test name "id" located in "test/code/id.ct"
*..> mtd "id"

Then, the API server should be available at localhost:31204.

The local testing site is available at localhost:3000.

Formatting

As part of the development, we use stylish-haskell to ensure that code has a consistent appearance. The formatter can be run through:

make format

We also format the catln code using the catln formatter. This can be done with:

make ctformat

Profiling

To profile, it can be done by running stack test --profile. This produces the file catln-test.prof.

To make it easier to understand, there are tools to provide visualizations of the results. One can be done by running profiteur catln-tet.prof. This produces a file catln-test.prof.html which can be viewed.