afuriza / lape

Scripting engine with Pascal-like syntax for FPC and Delphi

Lape

Lape is a scripting engine with a Pascal derived syntax for Free Pascal and Delphi. It's written with speed and a broad platform compatibility in mind. The syntax is backwards compatible with Pascal Script (to a certain degree).

Lape is:

• A scripting engine
• A Pascal derived language
  • Basetypes: Integer, Float, Char, String, Boolean, Variant, Array, Record, Union, Enum, Set, Pointer, Function pointer
  • Operations: := = <> > >= < <= @ ^ + - * / ** AND OR DIV XOR NOT IN SHL SHR
  • Constructs: If, For, Case, Repeat, While, Try, Label
  • Internal and external (overloaded) functions (with support for default params)
  • Internal/external variables and constants (every variable is represented exactly as how it would be by FPC/Delphi)
  • Support for local (nested) declarations. So function can have their own constants/types/variables/functions.
• Portable
  • Fully written in FPC/Delphi. No need for external libraries.
  • Tested with Linux(x86/x64), Windows(x86/x64) and Mac OS, but supports virtually every platform FPC supports.
• Extensible
  • New types can easily be added with specified behaviour for operations.
  • Optional foreign function interface which allows native calling of Lape functions and importing of functions without creating wrappers.
• Fast