Tensegritics / Tensegritics/ClojureDart
Add a "nano pass" to the compiler to perform statements lifting
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Description
Lifting statements out of expressions is a concern through all the compiler emit-* functions.
I propose we extract that concern into a distinct pass.
Currently we have
text -(reader)-> clj forms -(emit)-> dart-sexp -(write)-> dart text
where dart-sexp is our internal representation of the subset of dart we target.
With this proposal we would have
text -(reader)-> clj forms -(emit)-> dart-sexp -(lift)-> dart-sexp -(write)-> dart text
After lift the dart sexp representation would be guaranteed to be properly lifted and thus writeable.
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Research direction
Start by examining the compiler's emit-* functions and the existing reader-to-emit-to-write pipeline described in the issue. Define the new lift stage around the dart-sexp representation, then verify that statement lifting is handled there and that the writer receives properly lifted dart-sexp output.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- clojure, dart
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100