private bool Compile(List<ProtoCore.AST.AssociativeAST.AssociativeNode> astList, ProtoCore.Core core, ProtoCore.CompileTime.Context context)
        {
            bool buildSucceeded = false;
            if (astList.Count <= 0)
            {
                // Nothing to compile
                buildSucceeded = true;
            }
            else
            {
                try
                {
                    //defining the global Assoc block that wraps the entire .ds source file
                    ProtoCore.LanguageCodeBlock globalBlock = new ProtoCore.LanguageCodeBlock();
                    globalBlock.language = ProtoCore.Language.kAssociative;
                    globalBlock.body = string.Empty;
                    //the wrapper block can be given a unique id to identify it as the global scope
                    globalBlock.id = ProtoCore.LanguageCodeBlock.OUTERMOST_BLOCK_ID;


                    //passing the global Assoc wrapper block to the compiler
                    context.SetData(string.Empty, new Dictionary<string, object>(), null);
                    ProtoCore.Language id = globalBlock.language;


                    ProtoCore.AST.AssociativeAST.CodeBlockNode codeblock = new ProtoCore.AST.AssociativeAST.CodeBlockNode();
                    codeblock.Body.AddRange(astList);

                    int blockId = ProtoCore.DSASM.Constants.kInvalidIndex;
                    core.Compilers[id].Compile(out blockId, null, globalBlock, context, EventSink, codeblock);

                    core.BuildStatus.ReportBuildResult();

                    buildSucceeded = core.BuildStatus.BuildSucceeded;
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
                }
            }

            return buildSucceeded;
        }