Code of Copper

[0.3.0] - 2023-11-26

Overhauled the entire language.

Added

• Custom Functions
  • Function definitions
  • Function calls
  • return keyword
• Stdlib Functions
  • random: to generate random numbers
  • time: to get the current gametime
• Var keyword for global variables
• Assignment operators such as += and -=
• Booleans
• Constants
• Resource literal
• << and >> operators
• Objects can be indexed with dot (.) notation
• Other miscellaneous operators

Changed

• Rewrote all documentation
  • Now contains every language feature
  • Better documented and easier to understand
  • Available here
• Many instructions are now built in functions
  • You can now use functions such as getblock inside expressions
• $INVENTORY and $POS are now functions: inventory() and pos()
• pos() now returns an object, instead of an array
• inventory() now returns a array of resources, rather than strings
• Variables only exist within the scope that they are created
• Predicates updated to use 1.20 format
• The entire interpreter was re-written from the ground up
  • It should now be far more reliable going forwards
• Place now takes a resource rather than a slot number
• Minus operator no longer removes items from objects/arrays

Fixed

• Regex matcher is now correctly passed a string's value
• Backslashes, unless escaping /, no longer need to be escaped themselves.