Snowflake is a scripting language implemented in C#. The following is an example Snowflake script:
func buildMultiplier(x) {
return func(y) {
return x * y;
};
}
var x5 = buildMultiplier(5);
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i += 1) {
print("5 * " + i + " = " + x5(i));
}
var values = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ];
print(values.Count);
Snowflake scripts by default do not have access to any .NET BCL classes or methods besides those types which are baked into the language. Access can be given to scripts if necessary by setting global variables inside the ScriptEngine:
engine.SetGlobalFunction<object>("print", (x) => Console.WriteLine(x));In order to allow objects to be available in your script, you'll need to register the objects with the ScriptEngine:
engine.RegisterType("MyApp.Person", typeof(Person));Once the ScriptEngine has access to the type, your scripts can create objects like so:
var person = new MyApp.Person();
person.FirstName = "Bob";
person.LastName = "Freeman";
person.Age = 42;
Static objects can also be accessed this way:
engine.RegisterType("System.Console", typeof(Console));In your script:
System.Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
The following is the structure of the language following the EBNF language as closely as possible:
Script = <Statement>* EOF ;
StatementBlock = "{" <Statement>* "}" ;
Statement = <ConstDeclaration> ";" |
<VariableDeclaration> ";" |
<FunctionDeclaration> |
<If> |
<While> |
<For> |
<ForEach> |
<Return> |
<Expression> ";" ;
ConstDeclaration = "const" <Identifier> "=" <Expression> ;
VariableDeclaration = "var" <Identifier> ( "=" <Expression> )? ;
FunctionDeclaration = "func" <Identifier> "(" <FunctionParameters> ")" <StatementBlock> ;
FunctionParameters = <Identifier>? ( "," <Identifier> )* ;
If = "if" "(" <Expression> ")" <StatementBlock> { "else" <StatementBlock> } ;
While = "while" "(" <Expression> ")" <StatementBlock> ;
For = "for" "(" ( <VariableDeclaration> | <Assignment> ) ";" <Expression> ";" <Assignment> ")" <StatementBlock> ;
ForEach = "foreach" "(" <VariableDeclaration> "in" <Expression> ")" <StatementBlock> ;
Return = "return" <Expression> ";" ;
Expression = <AssignmentExpression> ;
AssignmentExpression = <ConditionalOrExpression> | <Assignment> ;
ConditionalOrExpression = <ConditionalAndExpression> ( "||" <ConditionalAndExpression> )* ;
ConditionalAndExpression = <EqualityExpression> ( "&&" <EqualityExpression> )* ;
EqualityExpression = <RelationalExpression> ( ( "==" | "!=" ) <RelationalExpression> )* ;
RelationalExpression = <AdditiveExpression> ( ( "<" | "<=" | ">" | ">=" ) <AdditiveExpression> )* ;
AdditiveExpression = <MultiplicativeExpression> ( ( "+" | "-" ) <MultiplicativeExpression> )* ;
MultiplicativeExpression = <UnaryExpression> ( ( "*" | "/" ) <UnaryExpression> )* ;
UnaryExpression = ( ( "-" | "!" ) <UnaryExpression> )* | <PrimaryExpression> ;
PrimaryExpression = "(" <Expression> ")" |
<AnonymousFunction> |
<ConstructorCall> |
<FunctionCall> |
<List> |
<Array> |
<Dictionary> |
<MemberAccess> |
<PostfixOperation> |
<Identifier> |
<Value> ;
Assignment = <AssignmentTarget> <AssignmentOperation> <Expression> ;
AssignmentTarget = <Identifier> | <MemberAccess> ;
AssignmentOperation = "=" | "+=" | "-=" | "*=" | "/=" ;
AnonymousFunction = "func" "(" <FunctionParameters> ")" <StatementBlock> ;
FunctionCall = <Expression> "(" ( <Expression> ("," <Expression>)* )? ")" ;
ConstructorCall = "new" <TypeName> "(" ( <Expression> ("," <Expression>)* )? ")" ;
TypeName = <Identifier> ( "." <Identifier> )* ( "<" <TypeName> ( "," <TypeName> )* ">" )? ;
List = "[" <Expression>? ( "," <Expression> )* "]" ;
Array = "[|" <Expression>? ( "," <Expression> )* "|]" ;
Dictionary = "{" <DictionaryPair>? ( "," <DictionaryPair> )* "}" ;
DictionaryPair = ( <Identifier> | <Expression> ) ":" <Expression> ;
MemberAccess = <Expression> "." <Identifier> ( "(" ( <Expression> ( "," <Expression> )* )? ")" )? ;
PostfixOperation = <Expression> ( "++" | "--" ) ;
ElementAccess = <Expression> "[" <Expression> "]" ;
Identifier = [A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]* ;
Value = <Null> | <Boolean> | <String> | <Char> | <Integer> | <Float> ;
Null = "null" ;
Boolean = "true" | "false" ;
String = "\"" <chars>* "\"" ;
Integer = [1-9]* ;
Float = [1-9]*[.][1-9]* ;