hakorune/docs/DEV_QUICKSTART.md

Developer Quickstart

This quickstart summarizes the most common build/run/test flows when working on Nyash.

See also

• Self‑hosting one‑pager: docs/how-to/self-hosting.md

Build

• VM/JIT (Cranelift): cargo build --release --features cranelift-jit
• LLVM AOT: LLVM_SYS_180_PREFIX=$(llvm-config-18 --prefix) cargo build --release --features llvm

Run

• Quick VM run: ./target/release/nyash --backend vm apps/APP/main.nyash
• LLVM emit+link helper: tools/build_llvm.sh apps/APP/main.nyash -o app

Smokes

• End‑to‑end LLVM smokes: ./tools/llvm_smoke.sh release
  • Use env toggles like NYASH_LLVM_VINVOKE_RET_SMOKE=1

Syntax Sugar (Phase 12.7)

• Control via env: NYASH_SYNTAX_SUGAR_LEVEL=none|basic|full
• Or via nyash.toml:

  [syntax]
  sugar_level = "none" # or "basic" / "full"
  

MIR Migration Notes

• Implementation currently enforces Core‑15 during migration with tests in place.
• Core‑13 is the final minimal kernel target. The final flip documentation is tracked under: docs/development/roadmap/mir/core-13/step-50/.

Testing

• Rust unit tests: cargo test
• Targeted: e.g., tokenizer/sugar config cargo test --lib sugar_basic_test -- --nocapture