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MinZ Compiler Status

Last Updated: 2025-08-09
Version: v0.10.0 "Lambda Revolution"

🎯 Current State: 75-80% Success Rate

🎉 Major Discovery

During architecture audit, we discovered many "broken" features actually work perfectly! The compiler is in much better shape than documentation suggested.

✅ What's Working (Better Than Expected!)

Core Language

  • Functions: All types, overloading, multiple returns ✅
  • Types: u8, u16, i8, i16, bool, pointers ✅
  • Control Flow: if/else, while, for loops ✅
  • Structs & Enums: Fully functional ✅
  • Arrays: Declaration and access work ✅
  • Global Variables: With global keyword ✅

Advanced Features (Surprises!)

  • Import System: WORKS with full paths! zx.screen.set_border(2) ✅
  • String Literals: FULLY FUNCTIONAL! Both regular and long strings ✅
  • Error Propagation: Complete ? and ?? system ✅
  • Lambda Expressions: Zero-cost transformation ✅
  • Interface Methods: Natural syntax with monomorphization ✅
  • Function Overloading: Name mangling works ✅

Optimization & Backends

  • MIR Layer: 0 TODOs - cleanest component! ✅
  • TSMC: Self-modifying code optimization ✅
  • Peephole: 35+ patterns for Z80 ✅
  • Multi-Backend: Z80, 6502, WebAssembly, C, LLVM ✅

🚧 What's Actually Missing (Less Than We Thought!)

Real Quick Wins (1-2 days each)

  1. Array Literals: [1, 2, 3] syntax parsing
  2. Module Aliases: import x as y shorthand
  3. Const Evaluation: const SIZE = 10 * 4
  4. AST Dump: --dump-ast flag for tooling
  5. MIR Visualization: DOT graph generation

Medium Term (3-5 days)

  • Pattern matching guards
  • Generic type parameters
  • Standard library completion
  • Testing framework

📊 Metrics

Component Status Completeness
Parser (Tree-sitter) Stable 95%
AST Conversion Working 85%
Semantic Analysis Good 75%
MIR Generation Perfect 100%
Optimization Excellent 90%
Code Generation Good 80%
Overall Working 75-80%

📈 Progress Timeline

Before Audit

  • Believed: 60% success rate
  • Estimated: 6 weeks to production
  • Many "critical gaps"

After Discovery (Current)

  • Actual: 75-80% success rate
  • Estimated: 2 weeks to production
  • Mostly minor gaps

Target (14 days)

  • Goal: 95% success rate
  • Production ready
  • Full test suite

🔥 Hot Areas (Active Development)

  1. Array literal syntax - In progress
  2. Module alias support - Next up
  3. Const evaluation - Planned
  4. Testing framework - Design phase

💪 Strengths to Preserve

These components are excellent - DO NOT REGRESS:

  • MIR layer (perfect architecture)
  • Lambda transformation (zero-cost)
  • TSMC optimization (revolutionary)
  • Import system (just needs aliases)
  • String support (complete)
  • Error propagation (elegant)

🎬 Next Sprint (Days 1-3)

Goal: 75-80% → 85% success

  • Day 1: Array literals + AST dump flag
  • Day 2: Const evaluation + MIR viz
  • Day 3: Module aliases + Testing

📚 Documentation

  • Architecture analysis complete (docs 151-157)
  • Documentation system implemented (auto-numbering)
  • 164 numbered documents in docs/
  • See DOCUMENTATION_GUIDE.md

🚀 Path to v1.0

With 75-80% already working and clear quick wins identified, MinZ is approximately:

  • 2 weeks from feature completeness (95%)
  • 4 weeks from production readiness (v1.0)
  • Already usable for many programs!

MinZ: Closer to greatness than we realized!