changes.txt

Incremental features for the C programming language

@ core language
1. ownership/borrowing based memory management model



2. smart pointers



3. generics



4. modern fixed-length type system, references
basic types: (mutable by default, const)
ints- int8, uint8, int16, uint16, int32, uint32, int64, uint64, int128, uint128
floats- float64, float128, float256
chars- char8, char16, char32

derived types:
arrays- type var[len]
strings- string var = "Hello, World! \n"
cstrings- char8 var[len], cstrlen = len - 1, cstring[-1] = '\0'
n-tuples- tuple var[len] = (type var1, type var2, ...)

negative_index allowed => index = neg_index + len

pointers- type *ptr => dereferencing not allowed when possibly/surely NULL
references- type [mut] &ref = var (const by default)

implicit type conversions not allowed 



5. function syntax

fn function_name(type arg1, type arg2, ...) -> (type ret1, type ret2, ...) {
	function_code;
	...
	return (ret1, ret2, ...);
}


6. extended struct capabilities - for building abstractions




8. improved error handling




9. improved inline (assembly, llvm ir) syntax - no_opt
set syntax = att, intel
[no_opt] asm {
	movl $1, %eax
	...
}

[no_opt] llvm_ir {
	mov 1, %1
	...
}




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@ std library
1. extended standard library with -
    C++ STL like DSA containers and functions
    regex
    JSON Parsing etc.
    cryptography
    features borrowed from C++ and Rust standard libraries
2. modular library allowing modular linking