fix a few issues, reset to net8 once again because everything is major fucked

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Debug/
 Release/
 Build/
 bin/
+*/bin/
+*/bin/*
 obj/
 log/
 lib/

Qrakhen.Qamp.CLI/Program.cs

@@ -1,41 +1,7 @@
-
-using Qrakhen.Qamp.Core;
+using Qrakhen.Qamp.Core;
 using Qrakhen.Qamp.Core.Execution;
 using Qrakhen.Qamp.Core.Logging;
-using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Linq.Expressions;
 using System.Text;
-/*
-// do args here too, keep console, etc. output with exit, all the spicy things
-// if no file is given for example in args just keep cli live until quit
-
-void Init(string[] args)
-{
-    Console.WriteLine(string.Join(',', args));
-    string command = args.Length > 1 ? args[0] : args.Length == 1 ? "run" : "cli";
-    string target = args.Length > 1 ? args[1] : args.Length == 1 ? args[0] : "";
-    switch (command) {
-        case "run":
-            // check wheter .sqi or .sqr file
-            break;
-        case "cli":
-
-            break;
-        case "read":
-
-            break;
-        case "digest":
-
-            break;
-        case "help":
-
-            break;
-    }
-}
-
-Init(args);
-*/
-
 
 List<char> Ignored = [ '\0', '\b' ];
 LoggerService.Default = LogLevel.Error;
@@ -130,6 +96,8 @@ do {
       }
    } catch (Exception e) {
       Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkRed;
+      if (e.InnerException != null)
+         Console.WriteLine($" !? {e.InnerException.Message}");
       Console.WriteLine($" !? {e.Message}");
       if (e.StackTrace != null) {
          Console.Write($" !  ");

Qrakhen.Qamp.CLI/Qrakhen.Qamp.CLI.csproj

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <BaseOutputPath>..\Build\</BaseOutputPath>

Qrakhen.Qamp.Core.Tests/Qrakhen.Qamp.Core.Tests.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>

Qrakhen.Qamp.Core/Qrakhen.Qamp.Core.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>

Qrakhen.Qamp.Core/Tokenization/Dialect.cs

@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ public class DefaultDialect : Dialect
       Define(ContextClose, "}");
       Define(ArrayOpen, "[");
       Define(ArrayClose, "]");
-      Define(AddItem, "<+");
-      Define(RemoveItem, "->");
       Define(Comma, ",");
       Define(Dot, ".");
       Define(Colon, ":");
@@ -93,9 +91,10 @@ public class ClassicDialect : DefaultDialect
    public ClassicDialect()
    {
       Define(Null, "_");
-      Define(AddItem, "<+");
-      Define(RemoveItem, "->");
+      Define(PlusEqual, "<+");
+      Define(MinusEqual, "<-");
       Define(Equal, "<~");
+      Define(Ref, "&");
       Define(This, ".~");
       Define(Var, "*~");
       Define(Return, "<:");

Qrakhen.Qamp.Core/Values/ExtensionMethod.cs

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class ExtensionMethod(
 
       var parameterExpressions = new Expression[parameterInfos.Length - 1];
 
-      for (int i = 0; i < parameterInfos.Length; i++) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < parameterExpressions.Length; i++) {
          ConstantExpression index = Expression.Constant(i);
          BinaryExpression indexExpression = Expression.ArrayIndex(argsParameter, index);
 
@@ -166,10 +166,9 @@ public class ExtensionMethod(
          final = callExpression;
       }
 
-      LambdaExpression lambda = Expression.Lambda(final, selfParameter, argsParameter);
-
+      var lambda = Expression.Lambda<ExtensionDelegate>(final, selfParameter, argsParameter);
       _logger.Verbose($"Done: ", lambda);
-      return (ExtensionDelegate)lambda.Compile();
+      return lambda.Compile();
    }
 
    public static IEnumerable<ExtensionMethod> CompileExtensionsFromType(Type type)
@@ -213,31 +212,33 @@ public class ExtensionMethod(
 public static class StringExtensions
 {
    [ExtensionMethod]
-   public static long Length(Objects.String self)
+   public static long Length(Value self) // make this possible with Objects.String and auto-detection
    {
-      return self.Value?.Length ?? 0;
+      return self.Ptr.As<Objects.String>()?.Value?.Length ?? 0;
    }
 
    [ExtensionMethod]
-   public static long IndexOf(Objects.String self, Objects.String needle)
+   public static long IndexOf(Value self, Value needle)
    {
-      if (needle.Value is null)
+      string _self = self.Ptr.As<Objects.String>()?.Value ?? "";
+      string _needle = self.Ptr.As<Objects.String>()?.Value ?? "";
+      if (_needle.Length < 1 || _self.Length < 1)
          return -1;
 
-      return self.Value?.IndexOf(needle.Value) ?? -1;
+      return _self.IndexOf(_needle);
    }
 
    [ExtensionMethod]
-   public static Objects.Array Split(Objects.String self, Objects.String splitter)
+   public static Objects.Array Split(Value self, Value splitter)
    {
-      string? _splitter = splitter.Value;
-      string? _string = self.Value;
+      string? _splitter = splitter.Ptr.As<Objects.String>()?.Value;
+      string? _string = self.Ptr.As<Objects.String>()?.Value;
 
       if (_string is null)
          return new Objects.Array([]);
 
       if (_splitter is null)
-         return new Objects.Array([ Obj.Create(self) ]);
+         return new Objects.Array([ self ]);
 
       string[] parts = _string.Split(_splitter);
       Value[] values = new Value[parts.Length];
@@ -247,3 +248,13 @@ public static class StringExtensions
       return new Objects.Array(values);
    }
 }
+
+[ExtensionClass(ValueType = ValueType.Array)]
+public static class ArrayExtensions
+{
+   [ExtensionMethod]
+   public static long Length(Objects.Array self)
+   {
+      return self.Data.LongLength;
+   }
+}

Qrakhen.Qamp.Digest/Qrakhen.Qamp.Digest.csproj

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <BaseOutputPath>..\Build\</BaseOutputPath>
 	<BaseOutputPath>..\Build\</BaseOutputPath>
 	<Platforms>AnyCPU;x64</Platforms>
   </PropertyGroup>

Qrakhen.Qamp.Editor/Qrakhen.Qamp.Editor.csproj

@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net10.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
+	<BaseOutputPath>..\Build\</BaseOutputPath>
+	<Platforms>AnyCPU;x64</Platforms>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

Qrakhen.Qamp.Memory/Qrakhen.Qamp.Memory.csproj

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+	<BaseOutputPath>..\Build\</BaseOutputPath>
+	<Platforms>AnyCPU;x64</Platforms>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
 </Project>

Qrakhen.Qamp.Reader/Qrakhen.Qamp.Reader.csproj

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+	<BaseOutputPath>..\Build\</BaseOutputPath>
 	<Platforms>AnyCPU;x64</Platforms>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

Qrakhen.Qamp.Runtime/Qrakhen.Qamp.Runtime.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>True</AllowUnsafeBlocks>

Qrakhen.Qamp.Tests/Qrakhen.Qamp.Tests.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 

Qrakhen.TilingFrames/Qrakhen.TilingFrames.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net10.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>