Mako

This is the repo for the Mako language spec. This is a reference parser, and its only job is to parse source to AST or bytecode. Other projects will come along for VM implementations.

// C-style comments
/*
	C-style multiline comments
*/

/*
	The language's intent and design should mimic Lua as much as possible.
	There is a global table that is accessible, but all variables are implicitly
	local.
*/
var = 2 // in the global scope
var2 = 4 // also in global scope
echo var + var2 // outputs 6

fn function_name(arg1, arg2)
	var3 = "hi" // implicitly local to this block
	var4 = var + var3 // var4 = "2hi"
	var5 = "hello" + "world"
	return var5
end

/*
	Tables work like lua but are ordered hash maps in implementation, and coerced to arrays
	if it makes sense to do so. Trailing comma is optional
*/
var6 = {
	table1 = "foo",
	"table2" = 42,
	240 = anothertable
}
var6[lol] = "foo"

if condition then
	// do stuff
elseif condition2 then
	// do stuff
else
	// do stuff
end

var7 = condition ? left : right

for k, v in any_table do
	// ordered hash map, so ipairs/pairs not necessary
end