architecture/mtasks.tex

   1 \emph{mTask}s are written in a shallowly embedded class-based DSL that due to
   2 the nature of it can be easily extended in language and in view. Currently
   3 there is a view for generating \emph{C}-code and a view for simulating
   4 \emph{mTasks} using \iTasks{}. Currently  the \emph{mTask} code includes
   5 functionality for running a small task server on the embedded device. These
   6 features will not be used in this project as the microcontroller will serve a
   7 slightly different purpose, namely serve as a task executioner instead of a
   8 server. The bytecode compilation also adds a class that represents all things
   9 compilable in bytecode to make sure all the basic types can be compiled. Both
  10 signatures are shown in Listing~\ref{lst:bytecode}.
  11
  12 In the future a state will probably need to be added to the \CI{Bytecode}
  13 type to keep track of some information during bytecode compilation.
  14
  15 \begin{lstlisting}[language=Clean,label={lst:bytecode}]
  16         :: ByteCode a p = BC [BC]
  17         class toByteCode a :: a -> [Char]
  18 \end{lstlisting}