// Just before
public void autoCastArguments()
{
ProseObject[] pattern = AssociatedPattern;
for (int i = 0; i < pattern.Length; i++)
{
PNode componentStart, componentEnd;
componentStart = getArgumentBounds(i, out componentEnd);
// Check for auto-formatting of text expression into string
// Auto-cast a text expression into a string by evaluating it.
if (pattern[i] == runtime.@string &&
Matching[i].value == runtime.Quadquote)
{
PNode textStart = componentStart;
PNode textEnd = componentEnd;
// Create a StringLiteralObject to substitute
string textAsString = runtime.parseTextExpressionIntoString(textStart, textEnd);
PNode literal = new PNode(new StringLiteralObject(textAsString));
// Splice in this literal
literal.prev = textStart.prev;
if (textStart.prev != null)
{
textStart.prev.next = literal;
}
literal.next = textEnd;
if (textEnd != null)
{
textEnd.prev = literal;
}
// Correct the match list.
Matching[i] = literal;
continue;
}
// Auto-cast a prose expression by unwrapping {}
if (pattern[i] == runtime.@prose &&
componentStart.value == runtime.LeftCurlyBracket &&
componentEnd.prev.value == runtime.RightCurlyBracket)
{
PNode leftCurly = componentStart;
PNode rightCurly = componentEnd.prev;
// Correct the match list
Matching[i] = leftCurly.next;
// Eliminate the curly brackets
leftCurly.removeSelf();
rightCurly.removeSelf();
continue;
}
}
}
