2022-06-18-progress report 1

  • This week I forked the LFortran repository and compiled it to generate some AST and ASR to inspect how they are generated. I also managed to take a look at the previous implementation of generics, a Merge Request made by Ondřej Čertík (https://gitlab.com/lfortran/lfortran/-/merge_requests/1664). I will try to complete this Merge Request to get generics syntax working in LFortran as my first task.

 

  •  Due to exams in my school, I couldn't get much work done this first week. I will be done with them in a few weeks time, until when my output will be lower than my actual capabilities.

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