Fixed some issues with strings and added debug print to fibonacci test

src/backend/vm.nim

@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ proc constReadString(self: PeonVM, size: int, idx: int): PeonObject =
     ## chunk's constant table and
     ## returns a Peon object. Assumes
     ## the constant is a string
-    result = PeonObject(kind: String, str: self.chunk.consts[idx..<size].fromBytes())
+    result = PeonObject(kind: String, str: self.chunk.consts[idx..< idx + size].fromBytes())
 
 
 proc constReadFloat32(self: PeonVM, idx: int): PeonObject =

src/config.nim

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import strformat
 
-
+const debugVM {.booldefine.} = false
 const BYTECODE_MARKER* = "PEON_BYTECODE"
 const HEAP_GROW_FACTOR* = 2 # How much extra memory to allocate for dynamic arrays and garbage collection when resizing
 when HEAP_GROW_FACTOR <= 1:
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ when len(PEON_COMMIT_HASH) != 40:
 const PEON_BRANCH* = "master"
 when len(PEON_BRANCH) > 255:
     {.fatal: "The git branch name's length must be less than or equal to 255 characters".}
-const DEBUG_TRACE_VM* = false # Traces VM execution
+const DEBUG_TRACE_VM* = debugVM # Traces VM execution
 const DEBUG_TRACE_GC* = false # Traces the garbage collector (TODO)
 const DEBUG_TRACE_ALLOCATION* = false # Traces memory allocation/deallocation
 const DEBUG_TRACE_COMPILER* = false # Traces the compiler

src/frontend/compiler.nim

@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ proc makeConstant(self: Compiler, val: Expression, typ: Type): array[3, uint8] =
         of Int64, UInt64:
             result = self.chunk.writeConstant(v.toLong())
         of String:
-            result = self.chunk.writeConstant(v.toBytes())
+            result = self.chunk.writeConstant(val.token.lexeme[1..^1].toBytes())
         of Float32:
             var f: float = 0.0
             discard parseFloat(val.token.lexeme, f)
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ proc emitConstant(self: Compiler, obj: Expression, kind: Type) =
             let str = LiteralExpr(obj).literal.lexeme
             if str.len() >= 16777216:
                 self.error("string constants cannot be larger than 16777215 bytes")
-            self.emitBytes(str.len().toTriple())
+            self.emitBytes((str.len() - 2).toTriple())
         of Float32:
             self.emitByte(LoadFloat32)
         of Float64:

src/frontend/lexer.nim

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ proc incLine(self: Lexer) =
     ## Increments the lexer's line
     ## counter and updates internal 
     ## line metadata
-    self.lines.add((self.lastLine, self.current - 1))
+    self.lines.add((self.lastLine, self.current))
     self.lastLine = self.current
     self.line += 1
 

tests/import/fib.pn

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ fn fib(n: int): int {
 }
 
 
+print("Computing the value of fib(25)");
 var x = clock();
 print(fib(25));
 print(clock() - x);
+print("Done!");

tests/import/lib.pn

@@ -36,3 +36,8 @@ fn print*(x: float) {
 fn print*(x: int) {
     #pragma[magic: "GenericPrint"]
 }
+
+
+fn print*(x: string) {
+    #pragma[magic: "GenericPrint"]
+}