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Change the compiler so fields dont need to be forward declared
and can be declared with a keyword like "field" or "method"

Use a counter within a class so field acces happens correctly

Currently the wiki is a direct copy of the ThunderdogScript wiki.
This needs to be fixed.

Have library classes which allow to build a compiler within Cardinal

Save the names for the members of a class so we can add members in a later stage

An artificial heap where objects can be stored or created manually

Allow for public/private fields and methods

use

if

else

end

instead of the {} convention

Now fields within ObjInstance are inline, this is bad when we want to change the composition of the object.

This is currently not possible

When importing the path is not relative to the current path.
eg:

File structure:
file/A.crd
B.crd
C.crd

File A:

import "../B"

File B

import "C"

Error cannot find file "file/C"

This can be done once the saving/loading bytecode, and the code generation is done

create a new type of method: METHOD_PARENT
In this way, inheritance is not completely copy down anymore

In order to speed-up the language, a JITCompiler might be a good idea

Also allow addition of methods to standard classes?

class A {
    class definition
}

class A {
    add fields and methods to A
}

Keep a flag within A, so object know that a class has changed when we try to access it