feat(parser): add bytes literal syntax#894
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Implements bytes literals, which return []byte directly and interpret \x and octal escapes as raw byte values (0-255) rather than Unicode codepoints. Components: - lexer/token: add Bytes token kind - lexer/state: detect [bB]'...' and [bB]"..." prefix, emit Bytes token - lexer/utils: add unescapeBytes and unescapeByteChar functions for byte-level escape handling ((no \u/\U support, 0-255 limit) - parser: parse Bytes token into BytesNode - ast/node: add BytesNode struct with []byte value - ast/visitor: handle BytesNode in AST walker - ast/print: add String() method - checker: type inference returns []byte - compiler: emit push for BytesNode value Updated docs. Signed-off-by: Ville Vesilehto <ville@vesilehto.fi>
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Motivation
Implements bytes literals, which return
[]bytedirectly and interpret\xand octal escapes as raw byte values (0-255) rather than Unicode codepoints.Fixes #457.
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Components:
[bB]'...'and[bB]"..."prefix, emit Bytes token\u/\Usupport, 0-255 limit)[]bytevalue[]byteUpdated docs.
Further comments
This is not exactly CEL-compatible:
\uXXXXin bytes literals (only\Uis string-only). We reject both, requiring\xfor arbitrary byte values instead.b\...and triple-quoted bytes. We only support single-lineb'...'andb"..."Non-ASCII characters like
b"ÿ"are UTF-8 encoded to[]byte{0xC3, 0xBF}, which does match CEL behavior.Open to discussion whether we want to go for this compatibility or stay at this level!