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eC, aka Ecere C, is an open source programming language created in 2004 by Jérôme Jacovella-St-Louis.

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eC (Ecere C) is an object-oriented programming language, defined as a super-set of the C language. eC was initially developed as part of the Ecere Cross-platform Software Development Kit project. The goals of the language are to provide object-oriented constructs, reflection, properties and dynamic modules on top of the C language while maintaining C compatibility and optimal native performance.eC currently relies on GCC or Clang to perform the final steps of compilation, using C as an intermediate language. Read more on Wikipedia...


Example from Riju:
class Main : Application { void Main() { PrintLn("Hello, world!"); } }
Example from hello-world:
class HelloWorldApp : Application { void Main() { PrintLn("Hello World"); } }
Example from Linguist:
import "ide" class Designer : DesignerBase { ~Designer() { if(GetActiveDesigner() == this) { SetActiveDesigner(null); } if(classDesigner) delete classDesigner; } // *** DesignerBase Implementation *** void ModifyCode() { codeEditor.ModifyCode(); } void UpdateProperties() { codeEditor.DesignerModifiedObject(); } void CodeAddObject(Instance instance, ObjectInfo * object) { codeEditor.AddObject(instance, object); } void SheetAddObject(ObjectInfo object) { codeEditor.sheet.AddObject(object, object.name, typeData, true); //className, true); } void AddToolBoxClass(Class _class) { ((IDEWorkSpace)master).toolBox.AddControl(_class); } void AddDefaultMethod(Instance instance, Instance classInstance) { Class _class = instance._class; Method defaultMethod = null; for( ; _class; _class = _class.base) { Method method; int minID = MAXINT; for(method = (Method)_class.methods.first; method; method = (Method)((BTNode)method).next) { if(method.type == virtualMethod) { if(!method.dataType) method.dataType = ProcessTypeString(method.dataTypeString, false); if(method.vid < minID && (instance == classInstance || (method.dataType.thisClass && eClass_IsDerived(classInstance._class, method.dataType.thisClass.registered)))) { defaultMethod = method; minID = method.vid; } } } if(defaultMethod) break; } codeEditor.AddMethod(defaultMethod); } bool ObjectContainsCode(ObjectInfo object) { // Confirmation if control contains code if(object.instCode) { MembersInit members; if(object.instCode.members) { for(members = object.instCode.members->first; members; members = members.next) { if(members.type == methodMembersInit) { //if(!Code_IsFunctionEmpty(members.function)) { return true; } } } } } return false; } void DeleteObject(ObjectInfo object) { if(codeEditor) codeEditor.DeleteObject(object); } void RenameObject(ObjectInfo object, const char * name) { if(object && (name || !object.classDefinition)) codeEditor.RenameObject(object, name); } bool FindObject(Instance * object, const char * string) { ObjectInfo classObject; for(classObject = codeEditor.classes.first; classObject; classObject = classObject.next) { ObjectInfo check; if(classObject.name && !strcmp(string, classObject.name)) { *object = classObject.instance; break; } for(check = classObject.instances.first; check; check = check.next) { if(check.name && !strcmp(string, check.name)) { *object = check.instance; break; } } if(check) return true; } return false; } void SelectObjectFromDesigner(ObjectInfo object) { codeEditor.SelectObjectFromDesigner(object); } borderStyle = sizable; isActiveClient = true; hasVertScroll = true; hasHorzScroll = true; hasClose = true; hasMaximize = true; hasMinimize = true; text = TEMPLATEquot;Designer"; menu = Menu { }; anchor = Anchor { left = 300, right = 150, top = 0, bottom = 0 }; ToolBox toolBox; CodeEditor codeEditor; Menu fileMenu { menu, TEMPLATEquot;File", f }; MenuItem fileSaveItem { fileMenu, TEMPLATEquot;Save", s, ctrlS; bool NotifySelect(MenuItem selection, Modifiers mods) { return codeEditor.MenuFileSave(selection, mods); } }; MenuItem fileSaveAsItem { fileMenu, TEMPLATEquot;Save As...", a; bool NotifySelect(MenuItem selection, Modifiers mods) { return codeEditor.MenuFileSaveAs(selection, mods); } }; bool debugClosing; bool OnClose(bool parentClosing) { if(!parentClosing) { if(codeEditor && codeEditor.inUseDebug && !debugClosing) { debugClosing = true; closing = false; if(CloseConfirmation(false)) { visible = false; if(modifiedDocument) OnFileModified({ modified = true }, null); } debugClosing = false; return false; } if(codeEditor && !codeEditor.closing && !debugClosing) { if(!codeEditor.visible) { if(!codeEditor.Destroy(0)) return false; else codeEditor = null; } else { visible = false; return false; } } } return true; } bool OnActivate(bool active, Window previous, bool * goOnWithActivation, bool direct) { if(active) { codeEditor.EnsureUpToDate(); codeEditor.fixCaret = true; /* if(classDesigner) classDesigner.Activate(); */ } return true; } bool OnKeyHit(Key key, unichar ch) { return codeEditor.sheet.OnKeyHit(key, ch); } watch(modifiedDocument) { fileSaveItem.disabled = !modifiedDocument && codeEditor.fileName; }; // *** METHODS ACCESSED FROM PROPERTY SHEET/TOOLBOX/CODE EDITOR *** void Reset() { if(classDesigner) { classDesigner.Reset(); classDesigner.SelectObject(null, null); classDesigner.Destroy(0); delete classDesigner; } } void FillToolBox() { if(this && classDesigner) classDesigner.ListToolBoxClasses(this); } void SelectObject(ObjectInfo object, Instance instance) { ClassDesignerBase classDesigner = this.classDesigner; #ifdef _DEBUG if(instance && instance._class.module.application != codeEditor.privateModule) printf("warning: SelectObject: instance._class.module.application != codeEditor.privateModule\n"); #endif if(!classDesigner || !instance || classDesigner._class != (Class)eInstance_GetDesigner(instance)) { if(classDesigner) { classDesigner.SelectObject(null, null); classDesigner.Destroy(0); classDesigner = null; delete this.classDesigner; } if(instance) { this.classDesigner = classDesigner = eInstance_New(eInstance_GetDesigner(instance)); incref classDesigner; //if(!classDesigner.parent) { classDesigner.parent = this; classDesigner.anchor = Anchor { left = 0, right = 0, top = 0, bottom = 0 }; } classDesigner.Create(); } } // Call class editor SelectObject if(classDesigner) classDesigner.SelectObject(object, instance); } void AddObject() { // Call class editor AddObject if(classDesigner) classDesigner.AddObject(); if(visible) Activate(); else codeEditor.Activate(); } void CreateObject(Instance instance, ObjectInfo object, bool isClass, Instance iclass) { subclass(ClassDesignerBase) designerClass = eInstance_GetDesigner(instance); // Call class editor CreateObject if(designerClass) designerClass.CreateObject(this, instance, object, isClass, iclass); } void ::PostCreateObject(Instance instance, ObjectInfo object, bool isClass, Instance iclass) { subclass(ClassDesignerBase) designerClass = eInstance_GetDesigner(instance); // Call class editor PostCreateObject if(designerClass) designerClass.PostCreateObject(instance, object, isClass, iclass); } void ::DroppedObject(Instance instance, ObjectInfo object, bool isClass, Instance iclass) { subclass(ClassDesignerBase) designerClass = eInstance_GetDesigner(instance); // Call class editor PostCreateObject if(designerClass) designerClass.DroppedObject(instance, object, isClass, iclass); } void PrepareTestObject(Instance instance) { subclass(ClassDesignerBase) designerClass = eInstance_GetDesigner(instance); if(designerClass) designerClass.PrepareTestObject(this, instance); } void ::DestroyObject(Instance instance) { subclass(ClassDesignerBase) designerClass = eInstance_GetDesigner(instance); if(designerClass) designerClass.DestroyObject(instance); } void ::FixProperty(Property prop, Instance instance) { subclass(ClassDesignerBase) designerClass = eInstance_GetDesigner(instance); if(designerClass) designerClass.FixProperty(prop, instance); } }
Example from Wikipedia:
import "ecere" class HelloForm : Window { caption = "My First eC Application"; borderStyle = sizable; clientSize = { 304, 162 }; hasClose = true; Label label { this, position = { 10, 10 }, font = { "Arial", 30 }, caption = "Hello, World!!" }; }; HelloForm hello { };

Language features

Feature Supported Example Token
Booleans true false
Strings "Hello world" "
MultiLine Comments /* A comment */ /* */
Print() Debugging PrintLn
Comments // A comment
Line Comments // A comment //
Semantic Indentation X

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