feat: allow compilation to executable file

Author: kanersps

compiler/compiler.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package compiler
 
 import (
+	"encoding/gob"
 	"github.com/looplanguage/compiler/code"
 	"github.com/looplanguage/loop/models/object"
 )
@@ -179,3 +180,9 @@ type Bytecode struct {
 	Instructions code.Instructions
 	Constants    []object.Object
 }
+
+func RegisterGobTypes() {
+	gob.Register(&object.String{})
+	gob.Register(&object.Integer{})
+	gob.Register(&object.CompiledFunction{})
+}

main.go

@@ -48,12 +48,18 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
 
-	var compiled bytes2.Buffer
-	enc := gob.NewEncoder(&compiled)
+	compiler.RegisterGobTypes()
 
-	enc.Encode(comp.Bytecode())
+	var constantBytes bytes2.Buffer
 
-	ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Dir(os.Args[1])+"/"+fileNameWithoutExtension(filepath.Base(os.Args[1]))+".lpx", compiled.Bytes(), 0644)
+	enc := gob.NewEncoder(&constantBytes)
+	err = enc.Encode(comp.Bytecode())
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Dir(os.Args[1])+"/"+fileNameWithoutExtension(filepath.Base(os.Args[1]))+".lpx", constantBytes.Bytes(), 0644)
 }
 
 func fileNameWithoutExtension(fileName string) string {