herolib_python/_archive/aiprompts/instructions/vlang/sys_1_vlang.md

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ALWAYS FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

structs examples

@[heap]
pub struct GitAddr {
pub mut:
	gsconfig   &GitStructureConfig
    accounts   []&Account
	provider   string
	account    string
	name       string // is the name of the repository
	branch     string
	nr         int
}

pub struct Account {
pub mut:    
    name string //my comment

}

note usage of pub & pub mut

all names are lowercase (snakecase with _)

& is used for references

normalize a string

We call this name fix, anytime we use a name as id, or as a key in a map we want to normalize the string

import freeflowuniverse.crystallib.core.texttools

mut myname:="a__Name_to_fix"
myname = texttools.name_fix(myname)

dealing with paths

alwayse use this library when dealing with path, info how to use it can be found in your knowledgebase from core.pathlib.md

import freeflowuniverse.crystallib.core.pathlib

#to get a path from a file or dir, the pathlib will figure out if its a dir or file and if it exists
mut p:=pathlib.get('/tmp/mysourcefiles')! 

#to get a dir and create it


#to get a list of paths and copy to other destination
mut pathlist:=p.list(regex:[r'.*.md$'])! //this gets all files ending on .md
pathlist.copy('/tmp/mydest')!

executing commands

#simple commands, means < 1 line and can be executed using os.execute
# fn execute(cmd string) Result see os.md module
res := os.execute(cmd)
if res.exit_code > 0 {
    return error('cannot upload over ssh: ${cmd}')
}
#ALWAYS check the return code

#if the command is more complicated use the osal.exec method as can be found in osal.md file

res := osal.exec(cmd: args.cmd, stdout: args.stdout, debug: executor.debug)!