Make HL Bytecode as executable (like nekotools boot)

[Yanrishatum]

While HL does compiles to C executable, it's currently not possible to simply make .hl file as executable file which depends on pre-installed HL in the system.
I request feature of making executable for .hl bytecode which should run the installed HashLink.
Neko already have such feature via nekotools boot utility, which were pretty convenient when executable file output were required but compilation time weren't as long as for C++.

[andyli]

The existing nekotools boot ... implementation is problematic... See HaxeFoundation/neko#130
Unless we have a way to generate a "proper" binary on all major platform, using a c compiler is the right way to go.

[ncannasse]

We already discussed how to properly embed HL bytecode in executable with @pperidont in the meanwhile you can simply name your hl file as hlboot.dat and the hl.exe will start it automatically Le 11 juin 2017 08:49, "Andy Li" <[email protected]> a écrit :

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[ppenzin]

Would it be, in theory, possible to produce object files from HL bytecode?

LLVM has support for garbage collection and hashlink might be a good target to translate to LLVM.

[ncannasse]

@ppenzin you can already generate C files from HL and compile them to native using any C compiler

[ncannasse]

Closing this, as I have no time for it.