Add Sophia smart contract language

[marc0olo]

Language name

Sophia

URL of example repository

• https://aeternity.com/aesophia/master/sophia_examples/
• https://github.com/aeternity/aepp-sophia-examples

URL of syntax highlighting grammar

• https://github.com/aeternity/aesophia/blob/master/docs/sophia_syntax.md

Most popular extensions

• .aes

Detected language

N/A

[marc0olo]

@lildude we want to provide a bounty for our community to develop this. I am currently not sure if we have 200 usages of the extension across different github repositories.

assuming somebody provides a valid PR according to the contribution guidelines - would you merge it?

[lildude]

Possibly. We've temporarily got different requirements as detailed in #5756 so provided usage meets those requirements, it'll be merged.

[marc0olo]

Thanks for the quick answer @lildude. It's a bit hard for me to figure that out. Not sure if we fulfill those requirements. Ideally we know that before we start working on it (or even promise a bounty to our community).

All I can say is that we are around for many years now and that Sophia is going to stay to all (a)eternity 😎

We're just getting started and GitHub syntax highlighting is a basic requirement IMO.

If possible it would be nice to get a statement if it's going to be merged before somebody starts working on it. Personally I am struggling with analyzing all the repos.

[marc0olo]

can we get this confirmed somehow? 😬 🙌 that would be awesome @lildude

[lildude]

I can't tell you for sure until I take the time to assess the current usage, which will really depend on what you attempt to submit in the PR. I won't assess what hasn't been submitted.

Review the criteria in #5756 and make a judgment call for yourself.

I've also just shipped v7.19.0 yesterday (deployed today) and won't be making another release for at least a month or two which might be plenty time for your usage to grow from insufficient now (if this is the case) to sufficient then. All already submitted PRs are assessed for popularity as I prepare each release.