[fpc-pascal] Using FPC as a scripting engine

Alexander Todorov alexx.todorov at gmail.com
Fri Oct 13 12:39:35 CEST 2006


On 10/11/06, Alexander Todorov <alexx.todorov at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello list,
> currently I am using RemObjects Pascal Script as a scripting language
> for a project of mine.
> All scripts are simple programs that use "API" exported from the main
> program. They have and some global variables defined as well.
>
> example:
> begin
>    Context.ShowMessage(Params.Param('message').AsVariant);
> end.
>
> The above will cause the main program to show a message. "Context" is
> object providing all the used functions and "Params" is just a list of
> parameters passed to the script.
>
> I know Pascal Script has been made compatible to work with FPC but I
> intend to drop its usage because of many reasons.
> One alternative is http://www.paxscript.com/. but the other is the FPC
> compiler embedded into my program. Here is how I see it:
> - Use the parser, code generator, assembler, linker (internal) from
> the FPC/compiler directory and compile it into the main program.
> - Make the compiler engine compile and link any Pascal text (script)
> and place it into memory.
> - Place into memory some other stuff required by the script, e.g.
> global variables, environment, parameters, ...
> - Use platform native function to execute the in-memory image, e.g.
> some sort of exec on Unix, CreateProcess on Windows.
> - Get the results somehow and return to the main program.
>
> Using this approach one can benefit from the FPC development and can
> use some new stuff (generics) or things missing in Pascal Script
> (indexing arrays, []).
>
>
> Any thoughts on this are very welcome. Please share your opinion.
>
> Thanks!
> Alexander.
>

There was no response to my first e-mail so here are some examples of
what I want to do:

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/runtimecompiling.asp
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/mac/IAC/IAC-334.html



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