added table syntax for var, closes #19

Build.moon

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-public var 'MOONC', 'moonc'
-public var 'AMALG', 'amalg.lua'
-public var 'RM', 'rm', '-f', '--'
-public var 'LUA', 'lua5.3'
+public var MOONC: 'moonc'
+public var AMALG: 'amalg.lua'
+public var RM: 'rm', '-f', '--'
+public var LUA: 'lua5.3'
 
-var 'LIB_SRC', _.wildcard 'moonbuild/**.moon'
-var 'BIN_SRC', _.wildcard 'bin/*.moon'
+var LIB_SRC: _.wildcard 'moonbuild/**.moon'
+var BIN_SRC: _.wildcard 'bin/*.moon'
 
-var 'LIB_LUA', _.patsubst LIB_SRC, '%.moon', '%.lua'
-var 'BIN_LUA', _.patsubst BIN_SRC, '%.moon', '%.lua'
-var 'BIN', _.patsubst BIN_LUA, 'bin/%.lua', 'out/%'
-var 'LIB', 'out/moonbuild.lua'
+var LIB_LUA: _.patsubst LIB_SRC, '%.moon', '%.lua'
+var BIN_LUA: _.patsubst BIN_SRC, '%.moon', '%.lua'
+var BIN: _.patsubst BIN_LUA, 'bin/%.lua', 'out/%'
+var LIB: 'out/moonbuild.lua'
 
-var 'MODULES', _.foreach (_.patsubst LIB_LUA, '%.lua', '%'), => @gsub '/', '.'
+var MODULES: _.foreach (_.patsubst LIB_LUA, '%.lua', '%'), => @gsub '/', '.'
 
 with public default target 'all'
 	\after 'bin'
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ with public target 'install'
 with public target 'install-bin'
 	\depends BIN
 	\produces _.patsubst BIN, 'out/%', '/usr/local/bin/%'
-	\fn => _.cmd 'sudo', 'cp', @infile, @outfile
+	\fn => _.cmd 'sudo', 'cp', @infile, @out
 	\sync!
 
 with public target 'install-lib'
 	\depends LIB
 	\produces "/usr/local/share/lua/#{LUA\gsub 'lua', ''}/moonbuild.lua"
-	\fn => _.cmd 'sudo', 'cp', @infile, @outfile
+	\fn => _.cmd 'sudo', 'cp', @infile, @out
 	\sync!
 
 with public target 'clean'
@@ -52,16 +52,16 @@ with target BIN, pattern: 'out/%'
 	\produces 'out/%'
 	\mkdirs!
 	\fn =>
-		_.writefile @outfile, "#!/usr/bin/env #{LUA}\n#{_.readfile @infile}"
-		_.cmd 'chmod', '+x', @outfile
+		_.writefile @out, "#!/usr/bin/env #{LUA}\n#{_.readfile @infile}"
+		_.cmd 'chmod', '+x', @out
 
 with target LIB
 	\depends 'moonbuild/init.lua'
 	\depends LIB_LUA
 	\produces '%'
-	\fn => _.cmd AMALG, '-o', @outfile, '-s', @infile, _.exclude MODULES, 'moonbuild.init'
+	\fn => _.cmd AMALG, '-o', @out, '-s', @infile, _.exclude MODULES, 'moonbuild.init'
 
 with target {LIB_LUA, BIN_LUA}, pattern: '%.lua'
 	\depends '%.moon'
 	\produces '%.lua'
-	\fn => _.moonc @infile, @outfile
+	\fn => _.moonc @infile, @out

moonbuild/core/DAG.moon

@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ class DepNode
 			ctx = setmetatable {},
 				__index: (_, k) ->
 					switch k
-						when 'infile'
+						when 'infile', 'in'
 							f = first deps
 							f and f.name
 						when 'infiles'
 							foreach deps, => @name
-						when 'outfile'
+						when 'outfile', 'out'
 							f = first @outs
 							f and f.name
 						when 'outfiles'
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ class DepNode
 		ctx = setmetatable {},
 			__index: (_, k) ->
 				switch k
-					when 'infile' then @ins[1]
+					when 'infile', 'in' then @ins[1]
 					when 'infiles' then @ins
-					when 'outfile' then @outs[1]
+					when 'outfile', 'out' then @outs[1]
 					when 'outfiles' then @outs
 					when 'name' then @name
 					else error "No such field in TargetContext: #{k}"

moonbuild/core/Variable.moon

@@ -4,7 +4,17 @@ class Variable
 
 	new: (@name, ...) =>
 		@public = false
-		if (select '#', ...) !=1 or (type ...) == 'table'
+		if (type @name) == 'table'
+			error "not a valid var table: #{next @name}" unless (type next @name) == 'string'
+			error "more than one var at once: #{next @name}, #{next @name, (next @name)}" if next @name, (next @name)
+			name = next @name
+			@name, param = name, @name
+			val = param[name]
+			if (select '#', ...) !=0 or (type val) == 'table'
+				@value = flatten val, ...
+			else
+				@value = val
+		elseif (select '#', ...) !=1 or (type ...) == 'table'
 			@value = flatten ...
 		else
 			@value = ...

moonbuild/env/init.moon

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import flatten from _
 	rawset env, 'var', (name, ...) ->
 		var = Variable name, ...
 		ctx\addvar var
-		rawset varlayer, name, var.value
+		rawset varlayer, var.name, var.value
 		var
 
 	rawset env, 'target', (name, opts) ->

out/moonbuild.lua

@@ -1952,11 +1952,11 @@ do
       local ctx = setmetatable({ }, {
         __index = function(_, k)
           local _exp_0 = k
-          if 'infile' == _exp_0 then
+          if 'infile' == _exp_0 or 'in' == _exp_0 then
             return self.ins[1]
           elseif 'infiles' == _exp_0 then
             return self.ins
-          elseif 'outfile' == _exp_0 then
+          elseif 'outfile' == _exp_0 or 'out' == _exp_0 then
             return self.outs[1]
           elseif 'outfiles' == _exp_0 then
             return self.outs
@@ -2010,14 +2010,14 @@ do
         local ctx = setmetatable({ }, {
           __index = function(_, k)
             local _exp_0 = k
-            if 'infile' == _exp_0 then
+            if 'infile' == _exp_0 or 'in' == _exp_0 then
               local f = first(deps)
               return f and f.name
             elseif 'infiles' == _exp_0 then
               return foreach(deps, function(self)
                 return self.name
               end)
-            elseif 'outfile' == _exp_0 then
+            elseif 'outfile' == _exp_0 or 'out' == _exp_0 then
               local f = first(self.outs)
               return f and f.name
             elseif 'outfiles' == _exp_0 then
@@ -2227,7 +2227,23 @@ do
     __init = function(self, name, ...)
       self.name = name
       self.public = false
-      if (select('#', ...)) ~= 1 or (type(...)) == 'table' then
+      if (type(self.name)) == 'table' then
+        if not ((type(next(self.name))) == 'string') then
+          error("not a valid var table: " .. tostring(next(self.name)))
+        end
+        if next(self.name, (next(self.name))) then
+          error("more than one var at once: " .. tostring(next(self.name)) .. ", " .. tostring(next(self.name, (next(self.name)))))
+        end
+        name = next(self.name)
+        local param
+        self.name, param = name, self.name
+        local val = param[name]
+        if (select('#', ...)) ~= 0 or (type(val)) == 'table' then
+          self.value = flatten(val, ...)
+        else
+          self.value = val
+        end
+      elseif (select('#', ...)) ~= 1 or (type(...)) == 'table' then
         self.value = flatten(...)
       else
         self.value = ...
@@ -2545,7 +2561,7 @@ return function(ctx)
   rawset(env, 'var', function(name, ...)
     local var = Variable(name, ...)
     ctx:addvar(var)
-    rawset(varlayer, name, var.value)
+    rawset(varlayer, var.name, var.value)
     return var
   end)
   rawset(env, 'target', function(name, opts)

rockspecs/moonbuild-2.3.0-2.rockspec

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+build = {
+  install = {
+    bin = {
+      moonbuild = "out/moonbuild"
+    }
+  },
+  modules = {
+    moonbuild = "out/moonbuild.lua"
+  },
+  type = "builtin"
+}
+dependencies = {
+  "lua >= 5.1",
+  "argparse >= 0.7.1-1",
+  "moonscript >= 0.5.0-1"
+}
+description = {
+  detailed = "moonbuild is a small build system that simplifies your build definitions by allowing you to use declarative as well as imperative rules. It represents the build as a DAG with explicit ordering, and doesn't give you any default confusing rules (unlike make). If you can, installing luaposix and/or luafilesystem will speed up builds and increase stability.\n",
+  summary = "Small build system in between make and a build.sh"
+}
+package = "moonbuild"
+rockspec_format = "3.0"
+source = {
+  tag = "v2.3.0",
+  url = "git://github.com/natnat-mc/moonbuild"
+}
+version = "2.3.0-2"