Language.PureScript.CodeGen.Common

Common code generation utility functions

Documentation

identToJs :: Ident -> String

Convert an Ident into a valid Javascript identifier:

• Alphanumeric characters are kept unmodified.
• Reserved javascript identifiers are prefixed with $$.
• Symbols are prefixed with $ followed by a symbol name or their ordinal value.

identCharToString :: Char -> String

Attempts to find a human-readable name for a symbol, if none has been specified returns the ordinal value.

nameIsJsReserved :: String -> Bool

Checks whether an identifier name is reserved in Javascript.

isIdent :: String -> Bool

Test if a string is a valid JS identifier (may return false negatives)

moduleNameToJs :: ModuleName -> String