codegen: emit C instead of bytecode — El is now natively compiled

Rewrites codegen.el to produce C source instead of JSON bytecode,
eliminating the ELVM interpreter as a runtime dependency.

- All El values use el_val_t (int64_t) as the universal type; integers
  are stored directly, strings/pointers via uintptr_t cast
- String literals wrapped with EL_STR(), arithmetic works natively
- fn declarations become C functions returning el_val_t
- let bindings become el_val_t local variables
- if/else, while, for all map to native C control flow
- String + String uses el_str_concat(); numeric + uses C +
- strip_outer_parens() prevents double-paren warnings in if/while
- compiler.el updated to describe C output and correct CLI usage

Adds el-compiler/runtime/ with:
- el_runtime.h: declares all builtins using el_val_t
- el_runtime.c: implements I/O, strings, math, list, map, fs, JSON;
  HTTP builtins are stubs (return empty string) pending libcurl

Compile El programs with:
  cc -I<runtime-dir> -o hello hello.c el_runtime.c
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Will Anderson
2026-04-29 22:33:27 -05:00
parent 4f3543b068
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/*
* el_runtime.h — El language C runtime header
*
* Declares all built-in functions available to compiled El programs.
* Include this in every generated .c file.
*
* Value model:
* All El values are represented as el_val_t (= int64_t).
* On 64-bit systems a pointer fits in int64_t.
* String values are cast: (el_val_t)(uintptr_t)"hello"
* Integer values are stored directly.
* This lets arithmetic work naturally while still passing strings around.
*
* Type conventions (El -> C):
* String -> el_val_t (holds const char* via uintptr_t cast)
* Int -> el_val_t
* Bool -> el_val_t (0 = false, nonzero = true)
* Any -> el_val_t
* Void -> void
*
* Macros for convenience:
* EL_STR(s) cast string literal to el_val_t
* EL_CSTR(v) cast el_val_t back to const char*
* EL_INT(v) identity — el_val_t is already int64_t
*/
#pragma once
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
typedef int64_t el_val_t;
#define EL_STR(s) ((el_val_t)(uintptr_t)(s))
#define EL_CSTR(v) ((const char*)(uintptr_t)(v))
#define EL_INT(v) (v)
#define EL_NULL ((el_val_t)0)
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/* ── I/O ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
void println(el_val_t s);
void print(el_val_t s);
el_val_t readline(void);
/* ── String builtins ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
el_val_t el_str_concat(el_val_t a, el_val_t b);
el_val_t str_eq(el_val_t a, el_val_t b);
el_val_t str_starts_with(el_val_t s, el_val_t prefix);
el_val_t str_ends_with(el_val_t s, el_val_t suffix);
el_val_t str_len(el_val_t s);
el_val_t str_concat(el_val_t a, el_val_t b);
el_val_t int_to_str(el_val_t n);
el_val_t str_to_int(el_val_t s);
el_val_t str_slice(el_val_t s, el_val_t start, el_val_t end);
el_val_t str_contains(el_val_t s, el_val_t sub);
el_val_t str_replace(el_val_t s, el_val_t from, el_val_t to);
el_val_t str_to_upper(el_val_t s);
el_val_t str_to_lower(el_val_t s);
el_val_t str_trim(el_val_t s);
/* ── Math ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
el_val_t el_abs(el_val_t n);
el_val_t el_max(el_val_t a, el_val_t b);
el_val_t el_min(el_val_t a, el_val_t b);
/* ── List ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
el_val_t el_list_new(el_val_t count, ...);
el_val_t el_list_len(el_val_t list);
el_val_t el_list_get(el_val_t list, el_val_t index);
el_val_t el_list_append(el_val_t list, el_val_t elem);
el_val_t el_list_empty(void);
/* ── Map ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
el_val_t el_map_new(el_val_t pair_count, ...);
el_val_t el_get_field(el_val_t map, el_val_t key);
el_val_t el_map_get(el_val_t map, el_val_t key);
el_val_t el_map_set(el_val_t map, el_val_t key, el_val_t value);
/* ── HTTP ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
el_val_t http_get(el_val_t url);
el_val_t http_post(el_val_t url, el_val_t body);
void http_serve(el_val_t port, el_val_t handler);
/* ── Filesystem ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
el_val_t fs_read(el_val_t path);
el_val_t fs_write(el_val_t path, el_val_t content);
/* ── JSON ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
el_val_t json_get(el_val_t json, el_val_t key);
/* ── Process ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
void exit_program(el_val_t code);
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif