Erlang External Term Format on V

Provides an Erlang External Term Format for V.

erlang doc: http://erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/erl_ext_dist.html.

Motivation

The library is core of Lx lang to compiles code to BeamVM, futhermore will be possible to create compatible macros within.

The Library Erlang Terms

• ErlAtom
• ErlAtomCacheRef
• ErlAtomUTF8
• ErlBinary
• ErlBoolean
• ErlFloat
• ErlFunction
• ErlInteger32
• ErlInteger8
• ErlIntegerBig
• ErlList
• ErlMap
• ErlNil
• ErlPid
• ErlPort
• ErlReference
• ErlString
• ErlTuple

The main functions

• binary_to_term( []u8 ) Term
• term_to_binary( Term ) []u8
• int_to_term( int ) Term
• i64_to_term( i64 ) Term
• atom_to_binary( ErlAtom ) []u8
• string_to_binary( string ) []u8
• float_to_binary( f64 ) []u8
• old_float_to_binary( f64 ) []u8 // compatibily purposes
• integer8_to_binary( i8 ) []u8
• integer32_to_binary( int ) []u8
• integer_big__to_binary( math.big.Integer ) []u8
• nil_to_binary() []u8

Execute tests

Execute the follow command $ v test .