The 'source' directory compiles, but the repl and tests are almost
untouched so far. There's no guarantee that the code in 'source' is
correct, so I'm branching this for a short time, until I'm confident the
whole project passes the CI again.
I'm adjusting the concepts of routines and bytecode to make them more
consistent, and tweaking the VM so it loads from an instance of
'Toy_Module'.
* 'Toy_ModuleBuilder' (formally 'Toy_Routine')
This is where the AST is compiled, producing a chunk of memory that can
be read by the VM. This will eventually operate on individual
user-defined functions as well.
* 'Toy_ModuleBundle' (formally 'Toy_Bytecode')
This collects one or more otherwise unrelated modules into one chunk of
memory, stored in sequence. It is also preprended with the version data for
Toy's reference implementation:
For each byte in the bytecode:
0th: TOY_VERSION_MAJOR
1st: TOY_VERSION_MINOR
2nd: TOY_VERSION_PATCH
3rd: (the number of modules in the bundle)
4th and onwards: TOY_VERSION_BUILD
TOY_VERSION_BUILD has always been a null terminated C-string, but from
here on, it begins at the word-alignment, and continues until the first
word-alignment after the null terminator.
As for the 3rd byte listed, since having more than 256 modules in one
bundle seems unlikely, I'm storing the count here, as it was otherwise
unused. This is a bit janky, but it works for now.
* 'Toy_Module'
This new structure represents a single complete unit of operation, such
as a single source file, or a user-defined function. It is divided into
three main sections, with various sub-sections.
HEADER (all members are unsigned ints):
total module size in bytes
jumps count
param count
data count
subs count
code addr
jumps addr (if jumps count > 0)
param addr (if param count > 0)
data addr (if data count > 0)
subs addr (if subs count > 0)
BODY:
<raw opcodes, etc.>
DATA:
jumps table
uint array, pointing to addresses in 'data' or 'subs'
param table
uint array, pointing to addresses in 'data'
data
heterogeneous data, including strings
subs
an array of modules, using recursive logic
The reference implementation as a whole uses a lot of recursion, so this
makes sense.
The goal of this rework is so 'Toy_Module' can be added as a member of
'Toy_Value', as a simple and logical way to handle functions. I'll
probably use the union pattern, similarly to Toy_String, so functions
can be written in C and Toy, and used without needing to worry which is
which.
Variable declaration was also causing this issue.
It was caused by a value being left on the stack after these statements.
It wasn't a quick fix, as chained assignments depended on it. Now, the
assignment opcode has a configuration option, indicating if the last
value should be left on the stack or not.
This also means the benchmark in 'scripts/benchpress.toy' will no longer
cause a stack overflow.
Fixed#171
The definition of '&&':
Return the first falsy value, or the last value, skipping the evaluation of other operands.
The definition of '||':
Return the first truthy value, or the last value, skipping the evaluation of other operands.
Toy now follows these definitions.
Fixed#154
By leaving 'null' on the stack, it won't cause stack underflows in a
bunch of erroneous situations. This will allow the repl (and other
situations) to continue if they want to.
I've also fixed some error messages in toy_table.c, which were formatted
badly.
Closes#162
The results can be found in
'tests/benchmarks/array_allocation/results.md'
The results are disappointing, as 'malloc()' is simply faster in every
possible situation compared to my custom arena allocator.
Toy now fits into the C spec.
Fixed#158
Addendum: MacOS test caught an error:
error: a function declaration without a prototype is deprecated in all versions of C
That took 3 attempts to fix correctly.
Addendum: 'No new line at the end of file' are you shitting me?
I attempted to add '-Wpedantic' to CFLAGS, but it seems that my usage of
the variable length arrays within unions is causing an error that can't
be selectively disabled:
error: invalid use of structure with flexible array member [-Werror=pedantic]
This is the offending code: /source/toy_string.h#L9-L37
It seems that tagged unions, with VLAs within, is simply not allowed.
Unfortunately, my whole string system depends on it. I'll have to find some way
around it.
I've also updated the debugging output in repl/main.c.
Getting the array's length is still not available yet, so I'm not
marking arrays as done - but everything that is there is tested.
I've also tweaked the assert output callbacks to also print 'assert failure'.
I added reference values in 62ca7a1fb7,
but forgot to mention it. I'm now using references to assign to the
internals of an array, no matter how many levels deep it is.
I had intended to solve the Advent of Code puzzles in Toy, but they
don't work without arrays. I wasn't able to enable arrays in time, so
I need to focus on doing things correctly.
The most immediate tasks are marked with 'URGENT', and a lot of tests
need writing.
