Hey all, In the KEEP, regarding running a standalo...

# scripting

[efemoney]

Hey all, In the KEEP, regarding running a standalone script https://github.com/Kotlin/KEEP/blob/master/proposals/scripting-support.md#standalone-scripting, where does /path/to/kotlin/script/runner in #! /path/to/kotlin/script/runner -some -params really point to?

[ilya.chernikov]

e.g. the following script (from 1.3. RC blog post with added shebang line) works for me:

#!/usr/bin/env kotlinc -cp dist/kotlinc/lib/kotlin-main-kts.jar -script

@file:Repository("<https://jcenter.bintray.com>")
@file:DependsOn("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-html-jvm:0.6.11")

import kotlinx.html.*
import kotlinx.html.stream.*

print(createHTML().html {
    body {
        h1 { +"Hello, World!" }
    }
})

(provided that kotlin is installed, path to the kotlin-main-kts.jar is correct, the script has extension .main.kts, executable atribute is set, and the shell is unix-based)

[ilya.chernikov]

so the answer is - they should point to some scripting host, in my example - to kotlinc with appropriate params.

[Nikky]

about that.. i am guessing this makes it so it can magically take arguments, is that all needed to wire up commandline parameters to scripts ?
is there any way to customize that behaviour when running it with kotlinc --script ?

[Nikky]

https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/blob/master/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/scriptDef.kt#L26

[ilya.chernikov]

It accepts arguments, yes. The kotlinc -script tries to construct script using the arguments supplied, i.e. - converting argument strings to the expected args of the script. There is no customization here, at least not yet.

[Nikky]

so i guess no implicit conversions either? say String -> File or String -> Int

[ilya.chernikov]

Yes, when possible.