Previously, to_<type> only accepted a string or the same type (identity),
and <type>() constructors only accepted Boxed_Number. This left gaps such as
to_int(char), to_char(int), char(string), int(string), and to_double(char).
Add two overloads to bootstrap_pod_type: to_<name>(Boxed_Number) enables
cross-type numeric conversions (e.g. to_int('A') → 65, to_char(65) → 'A'),
and <name>(string) via parse_string enables construction from strings
(e.g. char("A") → 'A', int("65") → 65, double("3.5") → 3.5).
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* Fix#472: Add Emscripten/WebAssembly build for browser-based ChaiScript
Port Rob Loach's ChaiScript.js work (https://github.com/RobLoach/ChaiScript.js)
into the main repository as an Emscripten build target. Adds a GitHub Actions
workflow that builds ChaiScript to WebAssembly and publishes artifacts (JS, WASM,
HTML) for embedding in the official ChaiScript.com website. Includes an HTML
interactive playground frontend and a native test validating the eval API surface.
Co-Authored-By: Rob Loach <robloach@gmail.com>
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* Address review: publish WASM assets as release under wasm-latest tag
Add a publish job to the emscripten workflow that creates a prerelease
tagged wasm-latest with chaiscript.js, chaiscript.wasm, and
chaiscript.html as downloadable assets. Runs only on pushes to the
develop branch. The website repo can fetch these via the public
GitHub Releases API on a daily cron without any cross-repo auth.
Requested by @lefticus in PR #662 review.
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* Fix#405: push_back() on script-created vector has no effect with vector_conversion
When both vector_type<T> and vector_conversion<T> are registered, the
dispatch scoring treats all parameter mismatches equally. This causes
the C++ push_back (for the converted type) to be selected over the
built-in one when both have the same number of type differences. The
converted function operates on a temporary copy of the vector, silently
discarding the mutation. The fix deprioritizes overloads that require
type conversion on the first parameter (the object/receiver), ensuring
functions matching the receiver type exactly are always tried first.
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* Address review: remove issue references from comments, add round-trip conversion tests
Requested by @lefticus in PR #663 review.
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* Fix#660: Fix Windows builds, remove Appveyor, add sanitizer CI builds
Add missing #include <chrono> to src/main.cpp which caused MSVC build
failures since high_resolution_clock and duration_cast were used without
the header (GCC/Clang included it transitively). Remove obsolete
appveyor.yml (superseded by GitHub Actions). Add ASAN+UBSAN build
jobs for Linux and macOS in the CI workflow.
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* Address review: add Windows ASAN+UBSAN sanitizer support
- Add MSVC-native ASAN support in CMakeLists.txt (/fsanitize=address)
with /RTC removal and /INCREMENTAL:NO (both incompatible with ASAN)
- Add Windows MSVC ASAN CI job
- Add Windows ClangCL ASAN+UBSAN CI job (UBSAN requires Clang, not
available in native MSVC)
- Fix sanitizer guard to include AppleClang (macOS sanitizer jobs were
silently not enabling sanitizers)
Requested by @lefticus in PR #661 review.
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* Address review: remove Windows sanitizers, add TSAN for Linux/macOS
Remove windows-sanitizers and windows-clangcl-sanitizers CI jobs.
Add linux-tsan and macos-tsan CI jobs using ENABLE_THREAD_SANITIZER.
Requested by @lefticus in PR #661 review.
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The forward declarations of AST_Node_Trace and eval_error at the top of
chaiscript_common.hpp introduced these types as incomplete before the standard
library headers were fully processed. On clang/libc++ in C++20 mode, this
caused compilation errors because std::vector<AST_Node_Trace> was instantiated
while the type was still incomplete. Since the full definitions of both types
appear later in the same file (and nothing between the forward declarations
and the definitions references them), these forward declarations are unnecessary
and removing them prevents the incomplete type issue.
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* Fix#615: Switch from Travis CI to GitHub Actions
Add a GitHub Actions CI workflow with a full build matrix covering
linux, macOS, and Windows with both GCC and Clang compilers, Debug
and Release build types, and optional ASan+UBSan sanitizers (24 builds
total). Windows builds use MSYS2 for GCC/Clang toolchains. The workflow
relies on CMake and CTest to drive configuration, building, and testing.
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* Address review: use native compilers, remove MSYS/MinGW
Use Visual Studio (MSVC) on Windows, Apple Clang on macOS, and GCC on
Linux. Remove MSYS2/MinGW toolchain setup entirely. Split into three
separate jobs for clarity. Fix workflow validation issues.
Requested by @lefticus in PR #658 review.
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* Address review: add workflow_dispatch to enable manual CI runs on fork
Add workflow_dispatch trigger so the workflow can be manually run on the
leftibot fork to verify that GitHub Actions are working correctly.
Requested by @lefticus in PR #658 review.
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Updated the cheatsheet to clearly explain that `add` creates thread-local
scoped variables while `add_global`, `add_global_const`, and `set_global`
create global variables shared between all threads. Added a summary table
comparing scope, thread safety, and conflict behavior. Also added a test
exercising the key behavioral differences between these methods.
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The saw_eol variable in Class_Statements() was initialized to true and
only ever set back to true, making the "missing line separator" check
unreachable. The fix separates Def (block statement ending with }) from
Var_Decl (simple statement) so that Var_Decl sets saw_eol to false,
matching the pattern used in Statements() for simple expressions.
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* Fix#256: Expose get_function_objects() and get_scripting_objects() in public API
The ChaiScript_Basic public API only exposed get_locals() for inspecting
runtime state from C++, requiring users to work around this via
chai.eval("get_functions()") to access function objects. Added
get_function_objects() and get_scripting_objects() as public methods on
ChaiScript_Basic, delegating to the existing Dispatch_Engine methods,
matching the pattern already used by get_locals().
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* Address review: add tests for get_scripting_objects()
Requested by @lefticus in PR #640 review.
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* Fix#17: Add const local variable support to ChaiScript
Adds `const var`, `const auto`, and `const` as variable declaration
syntax that creates immutable local variables. A const_override flag
on Boxed_Value enables script-level constness without changing the
C++ type system integration. The parser, optimizer, and evaluator
are extended with Const_Var_Decl and Const_Assign_Decl AST nodes
that mirror their non-const counterparts but mark the value as const
after initialization.
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* Address review: remove const_override, set const flag directly on Type_Info
Replace the m_const_override bool on Boxed_Value::Data with a
Type_Info::make_const() method that sets the const bit in m_flags
directly. This ensures constness is visible everywhere consistently,
including places that check get_type_info().is_const() directly.
Requested by @lefticus in PR #643 review.
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Convert \u escape sequences to proper UTF-8 characters instead of
passing through the literal \u notation. Supports the full BMP range
with correct 1, 2, 3, and 4-byte UTF-8 encoding.
Based on PR #483 by @olikraus, rebased onto current develop.
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* Fix#201: Add class inheritance support with Derived : Base syntax
Classes can now inherit methods and attributes from a base class using
C++-style syntax: `class Derived : Base { ... }`. Base class methods and
attributes are automatically available on derived objects. Derived classes
can override base methods by defining a method with the same name.
Inheritance relationships are tracked to support proper type matching
in the dispatch system.
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* Address review: use implicit derived-to-base matching instead of copying base class functions
Instead of copying all base class methods/attributes into derived classes,
make the type matching system recognize inheritance relationships. Base class
methods now naturally match derived objects through dynamic_object_typename_match,
and dispatch ordering ensures derived overrides are preferred over base methods.
This is simpler (net -25 lines) and avoids duplicating function registrations.
Requested by @lefticus in PR #641 review.
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* Add tests for passing derived objects to functions expecting Base
Tests cover: free functions calling base methods on derived objects,
polymorphic dispatch through containers, base attribute access on
derived objects, and multi-level inheritance (GrandChild : Derived : Base).
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* Add typed parameter tests for class inheritance
Use typed function signatures (e.g., `def call_do_something(Base obj)`)
instead of untyped parameters to test that derived objects are accepted
by functions expecting a base type, with correct polymorphic dispatch.
Requested by @lefticus in PR #641 review.
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Add both a compiled C++ test (with registered type_conversion) and a
pure ChaiScript test (with dynamic objects and custom == operator) to
verify that switch case comparisons properly manage object lifetimes.
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Add Function_Push_Pop to Switch_AST_Node case comparison to properly
manage the lifetime of temporaries created during type conversions.
Make Binary_Operator_AST_Node::do_oper static and public so it can be
reused by Switch_AST_Node for case equality checks, ensuring consistent
lifetime management across all operator invocations.
Original-PR: #422
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The cheatsheet's "ChaiScript Defined Types" section was minimal, showing only
a basic class with one attribute and a getter. Expanded it to document block
syntax, open syntax, attribute keywords (var/attr/auto), constructor and method
guards, operator overloading, cloning, and added a test exercising all examples.
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Add C++11-style raw string literals (R"delimiter(content)delimiter") to
ChaiScript. Raw strings do not process escape sequences or perform string
interpolation, solving the issue where base85 encoded data containing ${
sequences would trigger unwanted instring_eval. The implementation adds
Raw_String_() and Raw_String() parser functions and hooks them into the
expression parser.
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Add comprehensive reflection documentation to cheatsheet.md covering type
inspection, object methods, Type_Info, function introspection, system
introspection, and Dynamic_Object reflection. Add missing global reflection
functions (type_name, is_type, function_exists, get_functions, get_objects,
type, dump_system, dump_object) and is_type_arithmetic to the Doxygen
prelude docs. Include a thorough test exercising all documented features.
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Using GCC 13.3.0 I get warnings like the following:
```
In file included from .../ChaiScript/static_libs/../include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_optimizer.hpp:10,
from .../ChaiScript/static_libs/../include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp:26,
from .../ChaiScript/static_libs/chaiscript_parser.cpp:1:
.../ChaiScript/static_libs/../include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_eval.hpp: In instantiation of ‘chaiscript::Boxed_Value chaiscript::eval::Global_Decl_AST_Node<T>::eval_internal(const chaiscript::detail::Dispatch_State&) const [with T = chaiscript::eval::Tracer<chaiscript::eval::Noop_Tracer_Detail>]’:
.../ChaiScript/static_libs/../include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_eval.hpp:503:19: required from here
.../ChaiScript/static_libs/../include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_eval.hpp:504:28: warning: possibly dangling reference to a temporary [-Wdangling-reference]
504 | const std::string &idname = [&]() -> const std::string & {
| ^~~~~~
.../ChaiScript/static_libs/../include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_eval.hpp:510:10: note: the temporary was destroyed at the end of the full expression ‘<lambda closure object>chaiscript::eval::Global_Decl_AST_Node<chaiscript::eval::Tracer<chaiscript::eval::Noop_Tracer_Detail> >::eval_internal(const chaiscript::detail::Dispatch_State&) const::<lambda()>{((const chaiscript::eval::Global_Decl_AST_Node<chaiscript::eval::Tracer<chaiscript::eval::Noop_Tracer_Detail> >*)this)}.chaiscript::eval::Global_Decl_AST_Node<chaiscript::eval::Tracer<chaiscript::eval::Noop_Tracer_Detail> >::eval_internal(const chaiscript::detail::Dispatch_State&) const::<lambda()>()’
504 | const std::string &idname = [&]() -> const std::string & {
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
505 | if (this->children[0]->identifier == AST_Node_Type::Reference) {
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
506 | return this->children[0]->children[0]->text;
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
507 | } else {
| ~~~~~~~~
508 | return this->children[0]->text;
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
509 | }
| ~
510 | }();
| ~^~
```
Fix this by replacing the lambda with a simple ternary operator
expression.
ChaiScript inherits from ChaiScript_Basic, so this is good practice.
I also need to be able to inherit from ChaiScript and dynamic cast, which is impossible without this destructor.
