Cherry Language VSCode Extension

This extension provides syntax highlighting for the Cherry programming language.

Features

• Syntax highlighting for Cherry language files (.cherry)
• Support for hashtag line comments (#)
• Highlighting for:
  • Keywords (var, func, if, while, etc.)
  • Function declarations (including compile-time functions with !)
  • Types (number, string, boolean, etc.)
  • Strings and numbers
  • Operators and punctuation
  • Comments

Installation

1. Copy this extension to your VSCode extensions directory:

   • Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions\cherry-language-1.0.0
   • macOS: ~/.vscode/extensions/cherry-language-1.0.0
   • Linux: ~/.vscode/extensions/cherry-language-1.0.0

2. Reload VSCode

3. Open a .cherry file to see syntax highlighting

Cherry Language Features

Comments

# This is a line comment
var x = 5; # End-of-line comment

Functions

# Regular function
func greet(name: string): string {
    return "Hello, " + name;
}

# Compile-time function
func generateCode!(count: number) {
    var! i = 0;
    while!(i < count) {
        print("Generated: " + i);
        i = i + 1;
    }
}

Variables

var regularVar = 10;      # Runtime variable
var! compileTimeVar = 5;  # Compile-time variable

Repository

https://github.com/cherry-lang/cherry-language-vscode