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Version: 1.6.0

compile expression

SYNOPSIS

ligo compile expression SYNTAX _EXPRESSION

DESCRIPTION

This sub-command compiles a LIGO expression to a Michelson value. It works by compiling the LIGO expression to a Michelson expression and then interpreting it using Michelson's interpreter.

FLAGS

--constants CONSTANTS A list of global constants that will be assumed in the context, separated by ',' (alias: -c)

--display-format FORMAT the format that will be used by the CLI. Available formats are 'dev', 'json', and 'human-readable' (default). When human-readable lacks details (we are still tweaking it), please contact us and use another format in the meanwhile. (alias: --format)

--feature-infer-array-as-list Infer array as lists.

--file-constants FILE_CONSTANTS A file with a JSON list of strings with Michelson code. Those Michelson values will be registered as global constants in the context.

--function-body compile expression as a function body

--init-file FILENAME the path to the smart contract file to be used for context initialization.

--library LIBS A comma-separated list of paths to directories where to search for files to be included by the preprocessor (alias: -l)

--michelson-format CODE_FORMAT format that will be used by compile-contract for the resulting Michelson. Available formats are 'text' (default), 'json', 'msgpack' and 'hex'.

--no-color disable coloring in CLI output

--no-stdlib disable stdlib inclusion.

--no-warn disable warning messages

--project-root PATH The path to root of the project.

--skip-analytics Avoid ligo analytics publication. Configurable with environment variable LIGO_SKIP_ANALYTICS too

--warn-infinite-loop warn about infinite loop

--warn-unused-rec warn about unused recursion in a recursive function

--werror treat warnings as errors

--without-run disable running of compiled expression.

-D pass a list of defines to the preprocessor

-p PROTOCOL choose protocol's types/values pre-loaded into the LIGO environment (parisb). By default, the current protocol (parisb) will be used (alias: --protocol)

-help print this help text and exit (alias: -?)