The Cscript Style Guide – CScript is the standard C

Summary

The Cscript Style Guide "C is a high-level language. Stop treating it like Assembly with seatbelts." 1. Philosophy Cscript (C Scripting Language) is valid C that brings the development speed of Python to the raw performance and portability of C. By leveraging the full power of the GCC89 standard (and the auto keyword), Cscript removes the cognitive load of "types," "prototypes," and "manual memory management," allowing the developer to focus on logic. It is dynamically typed, garbage collected (by the OS), and highly modular. It is valid C, as K&R intended. 2. Quick Start: Hello World /* Main is the entry point. No headers: the linker provides us with all functions we need. */ main () { https : //github.com/domenukk/CScript auto name = "World" ; auto count = 3 ; while ( count -- > 0 ) { greet ( name ); } } greet ( who ) { printf ( "Hello, %s! " , who ); } 3. The Universal Type System In Cscript, you do not declare types. You declare storage. 3.1. The auto Keyword Every variable is auto . In standard C89, auto is the default storage class for local variables, and the default type is int . Since we compile with -m32 , an int can hold: An integer. A pointer. A string (pointer). A boolean. Correct: auto count = 0 ; auto name = "User" ; auto user_data = calloc ( 1 , 1024 ); Incorrect: int count = 0 ; // Too specific char * name = "mod" ; // Too verbose void * ptr ; // What is void? 3.2. String Handling Variables holding strings are technically int s holding a memory address. To interact with them as strings, use the STR() macro to cast them to char * on the fly. #define STR ( x ) ((char *)x) auto name = "Dolphin" ; printf ( "Hello %s " , name ); // Works because printf reads the stack value printf ( "%c " , STR ( name )[ 0 ]); // Accessing characters requires STR() 4. Functions & Prototypes Prototypes are unnecessary bureaucracy that slows down the creative process. 4.1. Implicit Declaration Header files are for constants and macros, not for function prototypes. Function...