Added garbageCollect command + vREPL .gc shortcut + make use of the d…

…ynamicWrapping feature for friendlyCommands aka expressions and statements

Signed-off-by: paulober <[email protected]>

package.json

@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@
           "light": "images/refresh-light.svg"
         },
         "enablement": "view == micropico-device-wifi"
+      },
+      {
+        "command": "micropico.garbageCollect",
+        "title": "Trigger garbage collection",
+        "category": "MicroPico"
       }
     ],
     "menus": {
@@ -633,7 +638,7 @@
     "typescript-eslint": "^8.3.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@paulober/pico-mpy-com": "^1.0.11",
+    "@paulober/pico-mpy-com": "^1.0.12",
     "@vscode/python-extension": "^1.0.5",
     "axios": "^1.7.5",
     "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",

src/activator.mts

@@ -138,8 +138,9 @@ export default class Activator {
 
     this.terminal = new Terminal(async () => {
       const result = await PicoMpyCom.getInstance().runCommand(
-        "\rfrom usys import implementation, version; " +
-          "print(version.split('; ')[1] + '; ' + implementation._machine)"
+        "\rfrom sys import implementation as _pe_impl, version as _pe_vers\n" +
+          "print(_pe_vers.split('; ')[1] + '; ' + _pe_impl._machine)\n" +
+          "del _pe_impl, _pe_vers"
       );
       if (result.type === OperationResultType.commandResponse) {
         return (
@@ -193,7 +194,8 @@ export default class Activator {
             this.terminal?.write(data.toString("utf-8"));
           }
         },
-        this.pythonPath
+        this.pythonPath,
+        true
       );
       if (result.type !== OperationResultType.commandResult || !result.result) {
         // write red text into terminal
@@ -565,7 +567,8 @@ export default class Activator {
                 this.terminal?.write(data.toString("utf-8"));
               }
             },
-            this.pythonPath
+            this.pythonPath,
+            true
           );
           commandExecuting = false;
           this.ui?.userOperationStopped();
@@ -1472,6 +1475,45 @@ export default class Activator {
     );
     context.subscriptions.push(disposable);
 
+    disposable = vscode.commands.registerCommand(
+      commandPrefix + "garbageCollect",
+      () => {
+        if (PicoMpyCom.getInstance().isPortDisconnected()) {
+          void vscode.window.showWarningMessage(
+            "Please connect to the Pico first."
+          );
+
+          return;
+        }
+
+        vscode.window.withProgress(
+          {
+            location: vscode.ProgressLocation.Notification,
+            title: "Running garbage collector...",
+            cancellable: false,
+          },
+          async progress => {
+            // gc currently not cancelable
+
+            const result = await PicoMpyCom.getInstance().garbageCollect();
+            progress.report({ increment: 100 });
+            if (
+              result.type === OperationResultType.commandResult &&
+              result.result
+            ) {
+              void vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
+                "Garbage collection done"
+              );
+
+              return;
+            }
+
+            void vscode.window.showErrorMessage("Garbage collection failed");
+          }
+        );
+      }
+    );
+
     const packagesWebviewProvider = new PackagesWebviewProvider(
       context.extensionUri
     );

src/terminal.mts

@@ -380,6 +380,12 @@ export class Terminal implements Pseudoterminal {
       commands.executeCommand(commandPrefix + "reset.hard.listen");
       this.writeEmitter.fire("\r\n");
 
+      return;
+    } else if (input === ".gc") {
+      commands.executeCommand(commandPrefix + "garbageCollect");
+      this.writeEmitter.fire("\r\n");
+      this.prompt();
+
       return;
     } else if (input === ".help") {
       this.writeEmitter.fire("\r\n");
@@ -390,6 +396,7 @@ export class Terminal implements Pseudoterminal {
       this.writeEmitter.fire(".rtc - get the time form the onboard RTC\r\n");
       this.writeEmitter.fire(".sr - soft reset the Pico\r\n");
       this.writeEmitter.fire(".hr - hard reset the Pico\r\n");
+      this.writeEmitter.fire(".gc - trigger garbage collector\r\n");
 
       this.writeEmitter.fire(".help - show this help\r\n");
       this.prompt();