Python with braces. Because Python is awesome, but whitespace is awful.

Bython is a Python preprosessor which translates curly brackets into indentation.

• Write Python using braces instead of whitespace, and use the transpiler to convert it to valid Python code
• Allows for translation of && and || to and and or
• Can optionally translate true and false to True and False

def print_message(num_of_times) {
    for i in range(num_of_times) {
        print("Bython is awesome!");
    }
}

if __name__ == "__main__" {
    print_message(10);
}

Prerequisites:

• Python
• Pyinstaller

Clone the repo with

$ git clone https://github.com/prushton2/bython

Using the makefile, run

$ sudo make install

Bython works by first translating Bython-files (required file ending: .by) into Python-files, and then using Python to run them. You therefore need a working installation of Python for Bython to work.

To run a Bython program, simply type

$ bython source.by arg1 arg2 ...

to run source.by with arg1, arg2, ... as command line arguments. If you want more details on how to run Bython files (flags, etc), type

$ bython -h

To transpile an entire directory, run bython with the -o to specify the output directory, and -e to specify the entry point.

$ bython -o dist -e main.py src

To transpile without running, use the -c argument to specify compile without running. Using this with the -e argument does not work. You can also include -t to translate lowercase booleans to uppercase

$ bython -o dist -c -t src