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diff --git a/docs/tutorial/OCamlLangImpl6.rst b/docs/tutorial/OCamlLangImpl6.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7665647736 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/tutorial/OCamlLangImpl6.rst @@ -0,0 +1,1444 @@ +============================================================ +Kaleidoscope: Extending the Language: User-defined Operators +============================================================ + +.. contents:: + :local: + +Written by `Chris Lattner <mailto:sabre@nondot.org>`_ and `Erick +Tryzelaar <mailto:idadesub@users.sourceforge.net>`_ + +Chapter 6 Introduction +====================== + +Welcome to Chapter 6 of the "`Implementing a language with +LLVM <index.html>`_" tutorial. At this point in our tutorial, we now +have a fully functional language that is fairly minimal, but also +useful. There is still one big problem with it, however. Our language +doesn't have many useful operators (like division, logical negation, or +even any comparisons besides less-than). + +This chapter of the tutorial takes a wild digression into adding +user-defined operators to the simple and beautiful Kaleidoscope +language. This digression now gives us a simple and ugly language in +some ways, but also a powerful one at the same time. One of the great +things about creating your own language is that you get to decide what +is good or bad. In this tutorial we'll assume that it is okay to use +this as a way to show some interesting parsing techniques. + +At the end of this tutorial, we'll run through an example Kaleidoscope +application that `renders the Mandelbrot set <#example>`_. This gives an +example of what you can build with Kaleidoscope and its feature set. + +User-defined Operators: the Idea +================================ + +The "operator overloading" that we will add to Kaleidoscope is more +general than languages like C++. In C++, you are only allowed to +redefine existing operators: you can't programatically change the +grammar, introduce new operators, change precedence levels, etc. In this +chapter, we will add this capability to Kaleidoscope, which will let the +user round out the set of operators that are supported. + +The point of going into user-defined operators in a tutorial like this +is to show the power and flexibility of using a hand-written parser. +Thus far, the parser we have been implementing uses recursive descent +for most parts of the grammar and operator precedence parsing for the +expressions. See `Chapter 2 <OCamlLangImpl2.html>`_ for details. Without +using operator precedence parsing, it would be very difficult to allow +the programmer to introduce new operators into the grammar: the grammar +is dynamically extensible as the JIT runs. + +The two specific features we'll add are programmable unary operators +(right now, Kaleidoscope has no unary operators at all) as well as +binary operators. An example of this is: + +:: + + # Logical unary not. + def unary!(v) + if v then + 0 + else + 1; + + # Define > with the same precedence as <. + def binary> 10 (LHS RHS) + RHS < LHS; + + # Binary "logical or", (note that it does not "short circuit") + def binary| 5 (LHS RHS) + if LHS then + 1 + else if RHS then + 1 + else + 0; + + # Define = with slightly lower precedence than relationals. + def binary= 9 (LHS RHS) + !(LHS < RHS | LHS > RHS); + +Many languages aspire to being able to implement their standard runtime +library in the language itself. In Kaleidoscope, we can implement +significant parts of the language in the library! + +We will break down implementation of these features into two parts: +implementing support for user-defined binary operators and adding unary +operators. + +User-defined Binary Operators +============================= + +Adding support for user-defined binary operators is pretty simple with +our current framework. We'll first add support for the unary/binary +keywords: + +.. code-block:: ocaml + + type token = + ... + (* operators *) + | Binary | Unary + + ... + + and lex_ident buffer = parser + ... + | "for" -> [< 'Token.For; stream >] + | "in" -> [< 'Token.In; stream >] + | "binary" -> [< 'Token.Binary; stream >] + | "unary" -> [< 'Token.Unary; stream >] + +This just adds lexer support for the unary and binary keywords, like we +did in `previous chapters <OCamlLangImpl5.html#iflexer>`_. One nice +thing about our current AST, is that we represent binary operators with +full generalisation by using their ASCII code as the opcode. For our +extended operators, we'll use this same representation, so we don't need +any new AST or parser support. + +On the other hand, we have to be able to represent the definitions of +these new operators, in the "def binary\| 5" part of the function +definition. In our grammar so far, the "name" for the function +definition is parsed as the "prototype" production and into the +``Ast.Prototype`` AST node. To represent our new user-defined operators +as prototypes, we have to extend the ``Ast.Prototype`` AST node like +this: + +.. code-block:: ocaml + + (* proto - This type represents the "prototype" for a function, which captures + * its name, and its argument names (thus implicitly the number of arguments the + * function takes). *) + type proto = + | Prototype of string * string array + | BinOpPrototype of string * string array * int + +Basically, in addition to knowing a name for the prototype, we now keep +track of whether it was an operator, and if it was, what precedence +level the operator is at. The precedence is only used for binary +operators (as you'll see below, it just doesn't apply for unary +operators). Now that we have a way to represent the prototype for a +user-defined operator, we need to parse it: + +.. code-block:: ocaml + + (* prototype + * ::= id '(' id* ')' + * ::= binary LETTER number? (id, id) + * ::= unary LETTER number? (id) *) + let parse_prototype = + let rec parse_args accumulator = parser + | [< 'Token.Ident id; e=parse_args (id::accumulator) >] -> e + | [< >] -> accumulator + in + let parse_operator = parser + | [< 'Token.Unary >] -> "unary", 1 + | [< 'Token.Binary >] -> "binary", 2 + in + let parse_binary_precedence = parser + | [< 'Token.Number n >] -> int_of_float n + | [< >] -> 30 + in + parser + | [< 'Token.Ident id; + 'Token.Kwd '(' ?? "expected '(' in prototype"; + args=parse_args []; + 'Token.Kwd ')' ?? "expected ')' in prototype" >] -> + (* success. *) + Ast.Prototype (id, Array.of_list (List.rev args)) + | [< (prefix, kind)=parse_operator; + 'Token.Kwd op ?? "expected an operator"; + (* Read the precedence if present. *) + binary_precedence=parse_binary_precedence; + 'Token.Kwd '(' ?? "expected '(' in prototype"; + args=parse_args []; + 'Token.Kwd ')' ?? "expected ')' in prototype" >] -> + let name = prefix ^ (String.make 1 op) in + let args = Array.of_list (List.rev args) in + + (* Verify right number of arguments for operator. *) + if Array.length args != kind + then raise (Stream.Error "invalid number of operands for operator") + else + if kind == 1 then + Ast.Prototype (name, args) + else + Ast.BinOpPrototype (name, args, binary_precedence) + | [< >] -> + raise (Stream.Error "expected function name in prototype") + +This is all fairly straightforward parsing code, and we have already +seen a lot of similar code in the past. One interesting part about the +code above is the couple lines that set up ``name`` for binary +operators. This builds names like "binary@" for a newly defined "@" +operator. This then takes advantage of the fact that symbol names in the +LLVM symbol table are allowed to have any character in them, including +embedded nul characters. + +The next interesting thing to add, is codegen support for these binary +operators. Given our current structure, this is a simple addition of a +default case for our existing binary operator node: + +.. code-block:: ocaml + + let codegen_expr = function + ... + | Ast.Binary (op, lhs, rhs) -> + let lhs_val = codegen_expr lhs in + let rhs_val = codegen_expr rhs in + begin + match op with + | '+' -> build_add lhs_val rhs_val "addtmp" builder + | '-' -> build_sub lhs_val rhs_val "subtmp" builder + | '*' -> build_mul lhs_val rhs_val "multmp" builder + | '<' -> + (* Convert bool 0/1 to double 0.0 or 1.0 *) + let i = build_fcmp Fcmp.Ult lhs_val rhs_val "cmptmp" builder in + build_uitofp i double_type "booltmp" builder + | _ -> + (* If it wasn't a builtin binary operator, it must be a user defined + * one. Emit a call to it. *) + let callee = "binary" ^ (String.make 1 op) in + let callee = + match lookup_function callee the_module with + | Some callee -> callee + | None -> raise (Error "binary operator not found!") + in + build_call callee [|lhs_val; rhs_val|] "binop" builder + end + +As you can see above, the new code is actually really simple. It just +does a lookup for the appropriate operator in the symbol table and +generates a function call to it. Since user-defined operators are just +built as normal functions (because the "prototype" boils down to a +function with the right name) everything falls into place. + +The final piece of code we are missing, is a bit of top level magic: + +.. code-block:: ocaml + + let codegen_func the_fpm = function + | Ast.Function (proto, body) -> + Hashtbl.clear named_values; + let the_function = codegen_proto proto in + + (* If this is an operator, install it. *) + begin match proto with + | Ast.BinOpPrototype (name, args, prec) -> + let op = name.[String.length name - 1] in + Hashtbl.add Parser.binop_precedence op prec; + | _ -> () + end; + + (* Create a new basic block to start insertion into. *) + let bb = append_block context "entry" the_function in + position_at_end bb builder; + ... + +Basically, before codegening a function, if it is a user-defined +operator, we register it in the precedence table. This allows the binary +operator parsing logic we already have in place to handle it. Since we +are working on a fully-general operator precedence parser, this is all +we need to do to "extend the grammar". + +Now we have useful user-defined binary operators. This builds a lot on +the previous framework we built for other operators. Adding unary +operators is a bit more challenging, because we don't have any framework +for it yet - lets see what it takes. + +User-defined Unary Operators +============================ + +Since we don't currently support unary operators in the Kaleidoscope +language, we'll need to add everything to support them. Above, we added +simple support for the 'unary' keyword to the lexer. In addition to +that, we need an AST node: + +.. code-block:: ocaml + + type expr = + ... + (* variant for a unary operator. *) + | Unary of char * expr + ... + +This AST node is very simple and obvious by now. It directly mirrors the +binary operator AST node, except that it only has one child. With this, +we need to add the parsing logic. Parsing a unary operator is pretty +simple: we'll add a new function to do it: + +.. code-block:: ocaml + + (* unary + * ::= primary + * ::= '!' unary *) + and parse_unary = parser + (* If this is a unary operator, read it. *) + | [< 'Token.Kwd op when op != '(' && op != ')'; operand=parse_expr >] -> + Ast.Unary (op, operand) + + (* If the current token is not an operator, it must be a primary expr. *) + | [< stream >] -> parse_primary stream + +The grammar we add is pretty straightforward here. If we see a unary +operator when parsing a primary operator, we eat the operator as a +prefix and parse the remaining piece as another unary operator. This +allows us to handle multiple unary operators (e.g. "!!x"). Note that +unary operators can't have ambiguous parses like binary operators can, +so there is no need for precedence information. + +The problem with this function, is that we need to call ParseUnary from +somewhere. To do this, we change previous callers of ParsePrimary to +call ``parse_unary`` instead: + +.. code-block:: ocaml + + (* binoprhs + * ::= ('+' primary)* *) + and parse_bin_rhs expr_prec lhs stream = + ... + (* Parse the unary expression after the binary operator. *) + let rhs = parse_unary stream in + ... + + ... + + (* expression + * ::= primary binoprhs *) + and parse_expr = parser + | [< lhs=parse_unary; stream >] -> parse_bin_rhs 0 lhs stream + +With these two simple changes, we are now able to parse unary operators +and build the AST for them. Next up, we need to add parser support for +prototypes, to parse the unary operator prototype. We extend the binary +operator code above with: + +.. code-block:: ocaml + + (* prototype + * ::= id '(' id* ')' + * ::= binary LETTER number? (id, id) + * ::= unary LETTER number? (id) *) + let parse_prototype = + let rec parse_args accumulator = parser + | [< 'Token.Ident id; e=parse_args (id::accumulator) >] -> e + | [< >] -> accumulator + in + let parse_operator = parser + | [< 'Token.Unary >] -> "unary", 1 + | [< 'Token.Binary >] -> "binary", 2 + in + let parse_binary_precedence = parser + | [< 'Token.Number n >] -> int_of_float n + | [< >] -> 30 + in + parser + | [< 'Token.Ident id; + 'Token.Kwd '(' ?? "expected '(' in prototype"; + args=parse_args []; + 'Token.Kwd ')' ?? "expected ')' in prototype" >] -> + (* success. *) + Ast.Prototype (id, Array.of_list (List.rev args)) + | [< (prefix, kind)=parse_operator; + 'Token.Kwd op ?? "expected an operator"; + (* Read the precedence if present. *) + binary_precedence=parse_binary_precedence; + 'Token.Kwd '(' ?? "expected '(' in prototype"; + args=parse_args []; + 'Token.Kwd ')' ?? "expected ')' in prototype" >] -> + let name = prefix ^ (String.make 1 op) in + let args = Array.of_list (List.rev args) in + + (* Verify right number of arguments for operator. *) + if Array.length args != kind + then raise (Stream.Error "invalid number of operands for operator") + else + if kind == 1 then + Ast.Prototype (name, args) + else + Ast.BinOpPrototype (name, args, binary_precedence) + | [< >] -> + raise (Stream.Error "expected function name in prototype") + +As with binary operators, we name unary operators with a name that +includes the operator character. This assists us at code generation +time. Speaking of, the final piece we need to add is codegen support for +unary operators. It looks like this: + +.. code-block:: ocaml + + let rec codegen_expr = function + ... + | Ast.Unary (op, operand) -> + let operand = codegen_expr operand in + let callee = "unary" ^ (String.make 1 op) in + let callee = + match lookup_function callee the_module with + | Some callee -> callee + | None -> raise (Error "unknown unary operator") + in + build_call callee [|operand|] "unop" builder + +This code is similar to, but simpler than, the code for binary +operators. It is simpler primarily because it doesn't need to handle any +predefined operators. + +Kicking the Tires +================= + +It is somewhat hard to believe, but with a few simple extensions we've +covered in the last chapters, we have grown a real-ish language. With +this, we can do a lot of interesting things, including I/O, math, and a +bunch of other things. For example, we can now add a nice sequencing +operator (printd is defined to print out the specified value and a +newline): + +:: + + ready> extern printd(x); + Read extern: declare double @printd(double) + ready> def binary : 1 (x y) 0; # Low-precedence operator that ignores operands. + .. + ready> printd(123) : printd(456) : printd(789); + 123.000000 + 456.000000 + 789.000000 + Evaluated to 0.000000 + +We can also define a bunch of other "primitive" operations, such as: + +:: + + # Logical unary not. + def unary!(v) + if v then + 0 + else + 1; + + # Unary negate. + def unary-(v) + 0-v; + + # Define > with the same precedence as <. + def binary> 10 (LHS RHS) + RHS < LHS; + + # Binary logical or, which does not short circuit. + def binary| 5 (LHS RHS) + if LHS then + 1 + else if RHS then + 1 + else + 0; + + # Binary logical and, which does not short circuit. + def binary& 6 (LHS RHS) + if !LHS then + 0 + else + !!RHS; + + # Define = with slightly lower precedence than relationals. + def binary = 9 (LHS RHS) + !(LHS < RHS | LHS > RHS); + +Given the previous if/then/else support, we can also define interesting +functions for I/O. For example, the following prints out a character +whose "density" reflects the value passed in: the lower the value, the +denser the character: + +:: + + ready> + + extern putchard(char) + def printdensity(d) + if d > 8 then + putchard(32) # ' ' + else if d > 4 then + putchard(46) # '.' + else if d > 2 then + putchard(43) # '+' + else + putchard(42); # '*' + ... + ready> printdensity(1): printdensity(2): printdensity(3) : + printdensity(4): printdensity(5): printdensity(9): putchard(10); + *++.. + Evaluated to 0.000000 + +Based on these simple primitive operations, we can start to define more +interesting things. For example, here's a little function that solves +for the number of iterations it takes a function in the complex plane to +converge: + +:: + + # determine whether the specific location diverges. + # Solve for z = z^2 + c in the complex plane. + def mandleconverger(real imag iters creal cimag) + if iters > 255 | (real*real + imag*imag > 4) then + iters + else + mandleconverger(real*real - imag*imag + creal, + 2*real*imag + cimag, + iters+1, creal, cimag); + + # return the number of iterations required for the iteration to escape + def mandleconverge(real imag) + mandleconverger(real, imag, 0, real, imag); + +This "z = z\ :sup:`2`\ + c" function is a beautiful little creature +that is the basis for computation of the `Mandelbrot +Set <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbrot_set>`_. Our +``mandelconverge`` function returns the number of iterations that it +takes for a complex orbit to escape, saturating to 255. This is not a +very useful function by itself, but if you plot its value over a +two-dimensional plane, you can see the Mandelbrot set. Given that we are +limited to using putchard here, our amazing graphical output is limited, +but we can whip together something using the density plotter above: + +:: + + # compute and plot the mandlebrot set with the specified 2 dimensional range + # info. + def mandelhelp(xmin xmax xstep ymin ymax ystep) + for y = ymin, y < ymax, ystep in ( + (for x = xmin, x < xmax, xstep in + printdensity(mandleconverge(x,y))) + : putchard(10) + ) + + # mandel - This is a convenient helper function for plotting the mandelbrot set + # from the specified position with the specified Magnification. + def mandel(realstart imagstart realmag imagmag) + mandelhelp(realstart, realstart+realmag*78, realmag, + imagstart, imagstart+imagmag*40, imagmag); + +Given this, we can try plotting out the mandlebrot set! Lets try it out: + +:: + + ready> mandel(-2.3, -1.3, 0.05, 0.07); + *******************************+++++++++++************************************* + *************************+++++++++++++++++++++++******************************* + **********************+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++**************************** + *******************+++++++++++++++++++++.. ...++++++++************************* + *****************++++++++++++++++++++++.... ...+++++++++*********************** + ***************+++++++++++++++++++++++..... ...+++++++++********************* + **************+++++++++++++++++++++++.... ....+++++++++******************** + *************++++++++++++++++++++++...... .....++++++++******************* + ************+++++++++++++++++++++....... .......+++++++****************** + ***********+++++++++++++++++++.... ... .+++++++***************** + **********+++++++++++++++++....... .+++++++**************** + *********++++++++++++++........... ...+++++++*************** + ********++++++++++++............ ...++++++++************** + ********++++++++++... .......... .++++++++************** + *******+++++++++..... .+++++++++************* + *******++++++++...... ..+++++++++************* + *******++++++....... ..+++++++++************* + *******+++++...... ..+++++++++************* + *******.... .... ...+++++++++************* + *******.... . ...+++++++++************* + *******+++++...... ...+++++++++************* + *******++++++....... ..+++++++++************* + *******++++++++...... .+++++++++************* + *******+++++++++..... ..+++++++++************* + ********++++++++++... .......... .++++++++************** + ********++++++++++++............ ...++++++++************** + *********++++++++++++++.......... ...+++++++*************** + **********++++++++++++++++........ .+++++++**************** + **********++++++++++++++++++++.... ... ..+++++++**************** + ***********++++++++++++++++++++++....... .......++++++++***************** + ************+++++++++++++++++++++++...... ......++++++++****************** + **************+++++++++++++++++++++++.... ....++++++++******************** + ***************+++++++++++++++++++++++..... ...+++++++++********************* + *****************++++++++++++++++++++++.... ...++++++++*********************** + *******************+++++++++++++++++++++......++++++++************************* + *********************++++++++++++++++++++++.++++++++*************************** + *************************+++++++++++++++++++++++******************************* + ******************************+++++++++++++************************************ + ******************************************************************************* + ******************************************************************************* + ******************************************************************************* + Evaluated to 0.000000 + ready> mandel(-2, -1, 0.02, 0.04); 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It may not be self-similar :), but it can be +used to plot things that are! + +With this, we conclude the "adding user-defined operators" chapter of +the tutorial. We have successfully augmented our language, adding the +ability to extend the language in the library, and we have shown how +this can be used to build a simple but interesting end-user application +in Kaleidoscope. At this point, Kaleidoscope can build a variety of +applications that are functional and can call functions with +side-effects, but it can't actually define and mutate a variable itself. + +Strikingly, variable mutation is an important feature of some languages, +and it is not at all obvious how to `add support for mutable +variables <OCamlLangImpl7.html>`_ without having to add an "SSA +construction" phase to your front-end. In the next chapter, we will +describe how you can add variable mutation without building SSA in your +front-end. + +Full Code Listing +================= + +Here is the complete code listing for our running example, enhanced with +the if/then/else and for expressions.. To build this example, use: + +.. code-block:: bash + + # Compile + ocamlbuild toy.byte + # Run + ./toy.byte + +Here is the code: + +\_tags: + :: + + <{lexer,parser}.ml>: use_camlp4, pp(camlp4of) + <*.{byte,native}>: g++, use_llvm, use_llvm_analysis + <*.{byte,native}>: use_llvm_executionengine, use_llvm_target + <*.{byte,native}>: use_llvm_scalar_opts, use_bindings + +myocamlbuild.ml: + .. code-block:: ocaml + + open Ocamlbuild_plugin;; + + ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm";; + ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_analysis";; + ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_executionengine";; + ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_target";; + ocaml_lib ~extern:true "llvm_scalar_opts";; + + flag ["link"; "ocaml"; "g++"] (S[A"-cc"; A"g++"; A"-cclib"; A"-rdynamic"]);; + dep ["link"; "ocaml"; "use_bindings"] ["bindings.o"];; + +token.ml: + .. code-block:: ocaml + + (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------=== + * Lexer Tokens + *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*) + + (* The lexer returns these 'Kwd' if it is an unknown character, otherwise one of + * these others for known things. *) + type token = + (* commands *) + | Def | Extern + + (* primary *) + | Ident of string | Number of float + + (* unknown *) + | Kwd of char + + (* control *) + | If | Then | Else + | For | In + + (* operators *) + | Binary | Unary + +lexer.ml: + .. code-block:: ocaml + + (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------=== + * Lexer + *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*) + + let rec lex = parser + (* Skip any whitespace. *) + | [< ' (' ' | '\n' | '\r' | '\t'); stream >] -> lex stream + + (* identifier: [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9] *) + | [< ' ('A' .. 'Z' | 'a' .. 'z' as c); stream >] -> + let buffer = Buffer.create 1 in + Buffer.add_char buffer c; + lex_ident buffer stream + + (* number: [0-9.]+ *) + | [< ' ('0' .. '9' as c); stream >] -> + let buffer = Buffer.create 1 in + Buffer.add_char buffer c; + lex_number buffer stream + + (* Comment until end of line. *) + | [< ' ('#'); stream >] -> + lex_comment stream + + (* Otherwise, just return the character as its ascii value. *) + | [< 'c; stream >] -> + [< 'Token.Kwd c; lex stream >] + + (* end of stream. *) + | [< >] -> [< >] + + and lex_number buffer = parser + | [< ' ('0' .. '9' | '.' as c); stream >] -> + Buffer.add_char buffer c; + lex_number buffer stream + | [< stream=lex >] -> + [< 'Token.Number (float_of_string (Buffer.contents buffer)); stream >] + + and lex_ident buffer = parser + | [< ' ('A' .. 'Z' | 'a' .. 'z' | '0' .. '9' as c); stream >] -> + Buffer.add_char buffer c; + lex_ident buffer stream + | [< stream=lex >] -> + match Buffer.contents buffer with + | "def" -> [< 'Token.Def; stream >] + | "extern" -> [< 'Token.Extern; stream >] + | "if" -> [< 'Token.If; stream >] + | "then" -> [< 'Token.Then; stream >] + | "else" -> [< 'Token.Else; stream >] + | "for" -> [< 'Token.For; stream >] + | "in" -> [< 'Token.In; stream >] + | "binary" -> [< 'Token.Binary; stream >] + | "unary" -> [< 'Token.Unary; stream >] + | id -> [< 'Token.Ident id; stream >] + + and lex_comment = parser + | [< ' ('\n'); stream=lex >] -> stream + | [< 'c; e=lex_comment >] -> e + | [< >] -> [< >] + +ast.ml: + .. code-block:: ocaml + + (*===----------------------------------------------------------------------=== + * Abstract Syntax Tree (aka Parse Tree) + *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*) + + (* expr - Base type for all expression nodes. *) + type expr = + (* variant for numeric literals like "1.0". *) + | Number of float + + (* variant for referencing a variable, like "a". *) + | Variable of string + + (* variant for a unary operator. *) + | Unary of char * expr + + (* variant for a binary operator. *) + | Binary of char * expr * expr + + (* variant for function calls. *) + | Call of string * expr array + + (* variant for if/then/else. *) + | If of expr * expr * expr + + (* variant for for/in. *) + | For of string * expr * expr * expr option * expr + + (* proto - This type represents the "prototype" for a function, which captures + * its name, and its argument names (thus implicitly the number of arguments the + * function takes). *) + type proto = + | Prototype of string * string array + | BinOpPrototype of string * string array * int + + (* func - This type represents a function definition itself. *) + type func = Function of proto * expr + +parser.ml: + .. code-block:: ocaml + + (*===---------------------------------------------------------------------=== + * Parser + *===---------------------------------------------------------------------===*) + + (* binop_precedence - This holds the precedence for each binary operator that is + * defined *) + let binop_precedence:(char, int) Hashtbl.t = Hashtbl.create 10 + + (* precedence - Get the precedence of the pending binary operator token. *) + let precedence c = try Hashtbl.find binop_precedence c with Not_found -> -1 + + (* primary + * ::= identifier + * ::= numberexpr + * ::= parenexpr + * ::= ifexpr + * ::= forexpr *) + let rec parse_primary = parser + (* numberexpr ::= number *) + | [< 'Token.Number n >] -> Ast.Number n + + (* parenexpr ::= '(' expression ')' *) + | [< 'Token.Kwd '('; e=parse_expr; 'Token.Kwd ')' ?? "expected ')'" >] -> e + + (* identifierexpr + * ::= identifier + * ::= identifier '(' argumentexpr ')' *) + | [< 'Token.Ident id; stream >] -> + let rec parse_args accumulator = parser + | [< e=parse_expr; stream >] -> + begin parser + | [< 'Token.Kwd ','; e=parse_args (e :: accumulator) >] -> e + | [< >] -> e :: accumulator + end stream + | [< >] -> accumulator + in + let rec parse_ident id = parser + (* Call. *) + | [< 'Token.Kwd '('; + args=parse_args []; + 'Token.Kwd ')' ?? "expected ')'">] -> + Ast.Call (id, Array.of_list (List.rev args)) + + (* Simple variable ref. *) + | [< >] -> Ast.Variable id + in + parse_ident id stream + + (* ifexpr ::= 'if' expr 'then' expr 'else' expr *) + | [< 'Token.If; c=parse_expr; |