Fixed many bugs in the serializer and added (de)serialization output to main.nim

src/backend/serializer.nim

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ type
         chunk*: Chunk
 
 
+proc `$`*(self: Serialized): string =
+    result = &"Serialized(fileHash={self.fileHash}, version={self.japlVer.major}.{self.japlVer.minor}.{self.japlVer.patch}, branch={self.japlBranch}), commitHash={self.commitHash}, date={self.compileDate}, chunk={self.chunk[]}"
+
+
 proc error(self: Serializer, message: string) =
     ## Raises a formatted SerializationError exception
     raise newException(SerializationError, &"A fatal error occurred while serializing '{self.filename}' -> {message}")
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ proc bytesToString(self: Serializer, input: seq[byte]): string =
         result.add(char(b))
 
 
-proc bytesToInt(self: Serializer, input: seq[byte]): int =
+proc bytesToInt(self: Serializer, input: array[8, byte]): int =
     copyMem(result.addr, input.unsafeAddr, sizeof(int))
 
 
@@ -147,18 +151,18 @@ proc loadBytes*(self: Serializer, stream: seq[byte]): Serialized =
     try:
         if stream[0..<len(BYTECODE_MARKER)] != self.toBytes(BYTECODE_MARKER):
             self.error("malformed bytecode marker")
-        stream = stream[len(BYTECODE_MARKER) - 1..^1]
+        stream = stream[len(BYTECODE_MARKER)..^1]
         result.japlVer = (major: int(stream[0]), minor: int(stream[1]), patch: int(stream[2]))
-        stream = stream[2..^1]
+        stream = stream[3..^1]
         let branchLength = stream[0]
         stream = stream[1..^1]
         result.japlBranch = self.bytesToString(stream[0..<branchLength])
         stream = stream[branchLength..^1]
-        result.commitHash = self.bytesToString(stream[0..<40]).toHex()
-        stream = stream[39..^1]
-        result.compileDate = self.bytesToInt(stream[0..7])
-        stream = stream[7..^1]
-        result.fileHash = self.bytesToString(stream[0..<32]).toHex()
+        result.commitHash = self.bytesToString(stream[0..<40]).toLowerAscii()
+        stream = stream[40..^1]
+        result.compileDate = self.bytesToInt([stream[0], stream[1], stream[2], stream[3], stream[4], stream[5], stream[6], stream[7]])
+        stream = stream[8..^1]
+        result.fileHash = self.bytesToString(stream[0..<32]).toHex().toLowerAscii()
     except IndexDefect:
         self.error("truncated bytecode file")
     

src/main.nim

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ import backend/serializer
 
 import strformat
 import strutils
+import sequtils
+import times
+import nimSHA2
 
 
 proc hook() {.noconv.} =
@@ -34,18 +37,15 @@ proc main() =
     var tree: seq[ASTNode]
     var optimized: tuple[tree: seq[ASTNode], warnings: seq[Warning]]
     var compiled: Chunk
-    var serializedBytes: seq[byte]
+    var serialized: Serialized
+    var serializedRaw: seq[byte]
     var lexer = initLexer()
     var parser = initParser()
     var optimizer = initOptimizer(foldConstants=false)
     var compiler = initCompiler()
     var serializer = initSerializer()
 
-    var japlBranch = ""
-    var japlVersion = ""
-    var japlCommitHash = ""
-    var fileHash = ""
-    var compileDate = 0
+    var hashMatches: bool
     echo "NimVM REPL\n"
     while true:
         try:
@@ -97,10 +97,17 @@ proc main() =
             disassembleChunk(compiled, filename)
             echo ""
             
-            serializedBytes = serializer.dumpBytes(compiled, source, filename)
-            echo "(De)Serialization step:"
-            echo "\t"
-            echo &"\tRaw byte stream: [{serializedBytes.join(\", \")}]"
+            serializedRaw = serializer.dumpBytes(compiled, source, filename)
+            echo "Serialization step: "
+            echo &"\tRaw hex output: {serializedRaw.mapIt(toHex(it)).join(\"\").toLowerAscii()}"
+            echo ""
+
+            serialized = serializer.loadBytes(serializedRaw)
+            hashMatches = if computeSHA256(source).toHex().toLowerAscii() == serialized.fileHash: true else: false
+            echo "Deserialization step:"
+            echo &"\t\t- File hash: {serialized.fileHash} (matches: {hashMatches})"
+            echo &"\t\t- JAPL version: {serialized.japlVer.major}.{serialized.japlVer.minor}.{serialized.japlVer.patch} (commit {serialized.commitHash[0..7]} on branch {serialized.japlBranch})"
+            echo &"\t\t- Compilation date & time: {fromUnix(serialized.compileDate).format(\"d/M/yyyy H:m:s\")}"
         except:
             echo &"A Nim runtime exception occurred: {getCurrentExceptionMsg()}"
             continue

src/util/debugger.nim

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ proc nl =
 
 
 proc simpleInstruction(name: string, offset: int): int =
-    write stdout, &"DEBUG - Disassembler->\tInstruction :"
+    write stdout, &"DEBUG - Disassembler->\tInstruction: "
     printName(name)
     nl()
     return offset + 1