/// <summary>
/// Appends the contents of another TParameterList to this TParameterList.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="parameterList">The TParameterList to append.</param>
public void Add(TParameterList parameterList)
{
for (int i = 0; i < parameterList.Count; ++i) parameters.Add(parameterList[i]);
}
/// <summary>
/// Parses an assignment operation.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="group">The group to parse.</param>
/// <returns>The assigned variable or function on success, otherwise a TException.</returns>
TType ParseAssignmentGroup(Group group)
{
/* BNF for assignment:
* <assignment> ::= 'let' ( <variable-assignment> | <function-declaration> )
* <var-assignment> ::= <identifier> '=' <expression>
* <func-declaration> ::= <identifier> '(' { <parameters> } ')' '=' <statements>
* <parameters> ::= <identifier> { ',' <identifier> }*
* <statements> ::= <block> | <statement>
* <block> ::= <new-line> (<statement> <new-line>)* 'end'
* You can probably guess what <identifier>, <statement> and <new-line> are
* The 'let' is assumed to have already been checked for
*/
int equalsIndex = group.IndexOf("=");
if (equalsIndex < 0) return new TException(this, "Variable or function could not be assigned a value");
// Could be assigning a dereferenced variable
TException exception = ParseReferencesOfGroup(group, equalsIndex);
if (exception != null) return exception;
if (group.Count == 1) return new TException(this, "Could not assign variable", "no variable name given");
string variableName = group[1] as string;
TVariable existingVariable = null;
if (variableName == null)
{
exception = new TException(this, "Could not assign variable", "invalid variable name given");
// Check if an existing variable or function is being assigned
Group groupToParse = group[1] as Group;
TType value = group[1] as TType;
if (groupToParse != null) value = ParseGroup(groupToParse);
if (value == null) return exception;
TVariable variable = value as TVariable;
if (variable != null) existingVariable = variable;
else
{
TFunction function = value as TFunction;
if (function != null) variableName = function.Name;
else return exception;
}
}
if (group.Count == 2) return new TException(this, "Variable could not be assigned a value");
string assignmentOperator = group[2] as string;
if (assignmentOperator == null) // Now we assume that we're dealing with a function declaration
{
Group paramGroup = group[2] as Group;
if (paramGroup == null) // The user probably just wanted to assign a variable but made a typo
return new TException(this, "Variable could not be assigned a value",
"value to assign to variable must be given");
// Get the identifiers of all the parameters within the brackets, keeping strict watch on comma usage
TParameterList paramList = new TParameterList();
bool commaExpected = false;
for (int i = 0; i < paramGroup.Count; ++i)
{
if (commaExpected && (i == paramGroup.Count - 1))
return new TException(this, "Parameters could not be parsed", "last parameter missing");
string paramName = paramGroup[i] as string;
if (commaExpected && (paramName != ",")) paramName = null;
if (paramName == null) return new TException(this, "Parameters could not be parsed",
"invalid parameter name given");
if (!commaExpected) paramList.Add(paramName);
commaExpected = !commaExpected;
}
exception = new TException(this, "Function could not be given a body", "function body must be given");
if (group.Count == 3) return exception;
assignmentOperator = group[3] as string;
if (assignmentOperator == null) return exception;
else if (assignmentOperator != "=") return exception;
TFunction function;
if (group.Count == 4) // statement is just 'let <i><params> =', so get a block
{
TBlock block = new TBlock(this, out exception, false);
if (exception != null) return exception;
function = new TFunction(variableName ?? existingVariable.Identifier, block,
paramList.ParameterNames, null);
}
else // Create a single line function
{
Group funcBody = new Group(null);
funcBody.AddRange(group.GetRange(4, group.Count - 4));
function = new TFunction(variableName ?? existingVariable.Identifier, funcBody.ToString(),
paramList.ParameterNames, null);
}
exception = TFunction.AddFunction(this, function);
if (exception != null) return exception;
return function;
}
{ // Assume that we're dealing with a variable assigment
exception = new TException(this, "Variable could not be assigned a value",
"value to assign to variable must be given");
if (assignmentOperator != "=") return exception;
if (group.Count == 3) return exception;
// Parse the expression on the right hand side of the assigment operator, and if the result is a
// TVariable, then get it's value (we don't want to assign the TVariable itself to the new TVariable)
Group valueGroup = new Group(null);
valueGroup.AddRange(group.GetRange(3, group.Count - 3));
TType value = ParseGroup(valueGroup);
if (value is TException) return value;
TVariable variable = value as TVariable;
if (variable != null) value = variable.Value;
// Make sure we don't get any circular references; they cause stack overflows when outputting them
variable = existingVariable ?? Stack.FindVariable(variableName);
if (value == variable) return new TException(this, "Illegal assignment attempted",
"variables cannot reference themselves");
TVariable circularRefCheckVar = value as TVariable;
while (circularRefCheckVar != null)
{
TVariable variableValue = circularRefCheckVar.Value as TVariable;
if (variableValue != null)
{
if (variableValue == variable)
return new TException(this, "Illegal assignment attempted",
"circular reference detected");
else circularRefCheckVar = variableValue;
}
else circularRefCheckVar = null;
}
if (variable == null) // If the variable doesn't exist already, add it to the stack variable dictionary
{
variable = new TVariable(variableName, value);
Stack.AddVariable(variable);
}
else variable.Value = value;
return variable;
}
}