work-in-progress programming language. https://git.downsta.ir/moon/zygotec/atom?h=main 2026-10-14T08:09:40+00:00 2026-10-14T08:09:40+00:00 zinc zinc@downsta.ir 2026-10-14T08:09:40+00:00 urn:sha1:a3e9e53e64a1aa5692bca2b60bcbff6a0fcfdba1 an undefined bare name that a module exports now says which one: "put_c is used but never defined; did you mean to include rt and use rt.put_c?", and the import quick fix is titled the same way and marked preferred when it is the only one, so the editor's auto-fix applies it. hints gain quick fixes that keep the program's meaning: an unused parameter, or a local with no other use, is renamed to _; a constant local with one declarator becomes const; a power-of-two multiply becomes a parenthesized shift (not when a * / or % binds its left operand); and let p = rt.new(n) with a small constant becomes let p[n]. the hints no longer fire for _ discards or for locals already declared const. whole-line /* */ comments in zc sources are // comments now, and //: is gone from the maintained sources: the notes it marked were mostly the documentation of the declaration below, which hovers now show. section headers are separated from the declarations after them. 2026-10-14T04:59:46+00:00 Moon Flower moonflower@elhenney.local 2026-10-14T04:59:46+00:00 urn:sha1:1c53304d03414890af0da7432d1aea87e754a14a Compiler and VM - make every memory map limit dynamic and adjustable at both build time and runtime, including compiler tables, stacks, and every execution region - reserve and grow tables, operand and return stacks, frame segments, and image-building output without relocating live code or globals - rename i/o and string helpers consistently (puts -> put_s, putn -> put_n, scat -> cat_s) across compiler, runtime, examples, tests, and docs - recast and consume values assigned to globals from inside functions - allow fixed and const together, add typed closure returns (fn:t(...)), multi-include syntax (include rt, run, core;), and recurse type inference - never infer string literals as word, anywhere, as argument, variable, or return type - draft docs/BORROW.md: a borrow checker less intrusive than Rust's but more intelligent LSP and editor integration - require explicit includes and give every toolchain area its own namespace (rt, lsp, run, core) - hover for built-in types, inferred types, values known at hover time, array and pointer lifetime/size, library names in include statements, and inferred lifetimes with explanations - honor /* */ comments as documentation for variables and arguments, and stop misattributing section headers or trailing comments as variable hints - stream diagnostics and cancel stale requests on change - jump to definition and references, including cross-file - quick fixes with automatic library import, and namespace completion Hints and diagnostics - render hints as blue squigglies by default, with hints on/small/off per file - suppress magic-number hints via a preceding /* */ comment, and say so - warn on unused arguments; allow multiple _ discards in parameters, pattern matching, and tagged enums, warning if a _ is actually used - rewrite hint and comment prose in professional compiler-doc register Libraries - add icon.zc: run-time self-modification, find/replace syntax, type and block edits, and step-through inspection of locals and globals - add actor.zc: async actors with Actor<I,O>, implicit this, spawn/recv/send, injected into the compiler machinery at include time rather than built in Tooling and docs - reorganize sources, tests, and designs into subdirectories - unify windows entry points in tinyvm.bat and add a matching tinyvm.sh - add --help across the toolchain - polish the learning guide, stdlib docs, and design notes Tests - add accept, reject, and regression coverage across the compiler, LSP, - runtime, icon, actors, threads, formatting, and the toolchain contracts, plus fuzzers and property tests