added dereference syntax to go from &t to t by prefixing any statement with a *. for *x.f(), the * is applied to x, not the whole chain (like & would)

mers/src/lang/code_parsed.rs

@@ -28,20 +28,17 @@ pub enum SStatementEnum {
 }
 impl SStatementEnum {
     pub fn to(self) -> SStatement {
-        SStatement {
-            output_to: None,
-            statement: Box::new(self),
-            force_output_type: None,
-        }
+        SStatement::new(self)
     }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct SStatement {
+    pub derefs: usize,
     /// if the statement is a Variable that doesn't exist yet, it will be initialized.
     /// if it's a variable that exists, but is_ref is false, an error may show up: cannot dereference
     /// if the third value is true, the variable will always be initialized, shadowing previous mentions of the same name.
-    pub output_to: Option<(Box<SStatement>, usize, bool)>,
+    pub output_to: Option<(Box<SStatement>, bool)>,
     pub statement: Box<SStatementEnum>,
     pub force_output_type: Option<VType>,
 }
@@ -49,18 +46,19 @@ pub struct SStatement {
 impl SStatement {
     pub fn new(statement: SStatementEnum) -> Self {
         Self {
+            derefs: 0,
             output_to: None,
             statement: Box::new(statement),
             force_output_type: None,
         }
     }
-    pub fn output_to(mut self, statement: SStatement, derefs: usize) -> Self {
-        self.output_to = Some((Box::new(statement), derefs, false));
+    pub fn output_to(mut self, statement: SStatement) -> Self {
+        self.output_to = Some((Box::new(statement), false));
         self
     }
     /// like output_to, but always initializes the variable (shadows previous variables of the same name)
-    pub fn initialize_to(mut self, statement: SStatement, derefs: usize) -> Self {
-        self.output_to = Some((Box::new(statement), derefs, true));
+    pub fn initialize_to(mut self, statement: SStatement) -> Self {
+        self.output_to = Some((Box::new(statement), true));
         self
     }
     // forces the statement's output to fit in a certain type.
@@ -259,33 +257,21 @@ impl FormatGs for SStatement {
         form: &mut super::fmtgs::FormatInfo,
         file: Option<&crate::parsing::file::File>,
     ) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        if let Some((opt, derefs, is_init)) = &self.output_to {
-            // TODO!
-            match opt.statement.as_ref() {
-                // SStatementEnum::Variable(name, is_ref) => {
-                //     let derefs = if !is_ref { *derefs + 1 } else { *derefs };
-                //     write!(
-                //         f,
-                //         "{}{} = ",
-                //         "*".repeat(derefs),
-                //         SStatementEnum::Variable(name.to_owned(), false).with(info, file)
-                //     )?;
-                // }
-                _ => {
+        // output output_to
+        if let Some((opt, is_init)) = &self.output_to {
             write!(
                 f,
-                        "{}{} {} ",
-                        "*".repeat(*derefs),
+                "{} {} ",
                 opt.with(info, file),
                 if *is_init { ":=" } else { "=" }
             )?;
         }
-            }
-        }
+        // output self
         if let Some(force_opt) = &self.force_output_type {
             write!(f, " -> ")?;
             force_opt.fmtgs(f, info, form, file)?;
         }
+        write!(f, "{}", "*".repeat(self.derefs))?;
         self.statement.fmtgs(f, info, form, file)?;
         write!(f, ",")
     }

mers/src/lang/code_runnable.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::{
     eprintln,
+    ops::Deref,
     sync::{Arc, Mutex},
 };
 
@@ -104,14 +105,15 @@ impl RFunction {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct RStatement {
     // (_, derefs, is_init)
-    pub output_to: Option<(Box<RStatement>, usize, bool)>,
+    pub derefs: usize,
+    pub output_to: Option<(Box<RStatement>, bool)>,
     statement: Box<RStatementEnum>,
     pub force_output_type: Option<VType>,
 }
 impl RStatement {
     pub fn run(&self, info: &GSInfo) -> VData {
         let out = self.statement.run(info);
-        if let Some((v, derefs, is_init)) = &self.output_to {
+        let mut o = if let Some((v, is_init)) = &self.output_to {
             'init: {
                 // // assigns a new VData to the variable's Arc<Mutex<_>>, so that threads which have captured the variable at some point
                 // // won't be updated with its new value (is_init is set to true for initializations, such as in a loop - this can happen multiple times, but each should be its own variable with the same name)
@@ -120,21 +122,17 @@ impl RStatement {
                 //     break 'init;
                 // }
                 let mut val = v.run(info);
-                if !*is_init {
-                    for _ in 0..*derefs {
-                        val = match val.deref() {
-                            Some(v) => v,
-                            None => unreachable!("can't dereference..."),
-                        };
-                    }
-                }
                 out.assign_to(val, info);
                 // val.assign(out);
             }
             VDataEnum::Tuple(vec![]).to()
         } else {
             out
+        };
+        for _ in 0..self.derefs {
+            o = o.deref().expect("couldn't dereference! (run())");
         }
+        o
     }
     pub fn out(&self, info: &GlobalScriptInfo) -> VType {
         // `a = b` evaluates to []
@@ -146,7 +144,11 @@ impl RStatement {
         if let Some(t) = &self.force_output_type {
             return t.clone();
         }
-        self.statement.out(info)
+        let mut o = self.statement.out(info);
+        for _ in 0..self.derefs {
+            o = o.dereference().expect("can't dereference (out())");
+        }
+        o
     }
 }
 
@@ -370,6 +372,7 @@ impl RStatementEnum {
     }
     pub fn to(self) -> RStatement {
         RStatement {
+            derefs: 0,
             output_to: None,
             statement: Box::new(self),
             force_output_type: None,

mers/src/lang/to_runnable.rs

@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ fn statement_adv(
         },
     }
     .to();
+    state.derefs = s.derefs;
     // if force_output_type is set, verify that the real output type actually fits in the forced one.
     if let Some(force_opt) = &s.force_output_type {
         let mut force_opt = force_opt.to_owned();
@@ -671,20 +672,16 @@ fn statement_adv(
             return Err(ToRunnableError::StatementRequiresOutputTypeToBeAButItActuallyOutputsBWhichDoesNotFitInA(force_opt.clone(), real_output_type, VType { types: problematic_types }));
         }
     }
-    if let Some((opt, derefs, is_init)) = &s.output_to {
+    if let Some((opt, is_init)) = &s.output_to {
         // if false, may be changed to true by statement_adv
         let mut is_init = *is_init;
         let optr = statement_adv(
             opt,
             ginfo,
             linfo,
-            &mut if *derefs == 0 {
-                Some((state.out(ginfo), &mut is_init))
-            } else {
-                None
-            },
+            &mut Some((state.out(ginfo), &mut is_init)),
         )?;
-        state.output_to = Some((Box::new(optr), *derefs, is_init));
+        state.output_to = Some((Box::new(optr), is_init));
         //
         // if let Some((var_id, var_out)) = linfo.vars.get(opt) {
         //     let out = state.out(ginfo);

mers/src/lang/val_type.rs

@@ -341,6 +341,31 @@ impl VSingleType {
                     vec![]
                 }
             }
+            Self::Reference(r) => r.inner_types_ref(),
+            _ => vec![],
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn inner_types_ref(&self) -> Vec<VSingleType> {
+        match self {
+            Self::Tuple(v) => {
+                let mut types = vec![];
+                for it in v {
+                    // the tuple values
+                    for it in &it.types {
+                        // the possible types for each value
+                        if !types.contains(it) {
+                            types.push(Self::Reference(Box::new(it.clone())));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                types
+            }
+            Self::List(v) => v
+                .types
+                .iter()
+                .map(|v| Self::Reference(Box::new(v.clone())))
+                .collect(),
+            Self::Reference(r) => r.inner_types_ref(),
             _ => vec![],
         }
     }

mers/src/parsing/parse.rs

@@ -543,6 +543,20 @@ pub mod implementation {
     ) -> Result<SStatement, ParseError> {
         file.skip_whitespaces();
         let err_start_of_statement = *file.get_pos();
+        let mut derefs = 0;
+        loop {
+            if let Some('*') = file.peek() {
+                derefs += 1;
+                file.next();
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(ch) = file.peek() {
+            if ch.is_whitespace() {
+                file.set_pos(err_start_of_statement);
+            }
+        }
         let out = match file.peek() {
             Some('{') => Some(SStatementEnum::Block(parse_block(file)?).to()),
             Some('[') => {
@@ -821,6 +835,7 @@ pub mod implementation {
                 }
             }
         };
+        out.derefs = derefs;
         let err_end_of_original_statement = *file.get_pos();
         // special characters that can follow a statement (loop because these can be chained)
         loop {
@@ -890,7 +905,9 @@ pub mod implementation {
                     }
                 }
                 // 055 * / %
-                (0..=55, Some('*')) => {
+                (0..=55, Some('*')) if matches!(file.get_char(file.get_pos().current_char_index + 1), Some(ch) if ch.is_whitespace()) =>
+                {
+                    // * must be followed by whitespace because it's also used for dereferencing
                     file.next();
                     SStatementEnum::FunctionCall(
                         "mul".to_owned(),
@@ -961,6 +978,35 @@ pub mod implementation {
                     )
                     .to()
                 }
+                // 023 && ||
+                (0..=23, Some('&'))
+                    if matches!(
+                        file.get_char(file.get_pos().current_char_index + 1),
+                        Some('&')
+                    ) =>
+                {
+                    file.next();
+                    file.next();
+                    SStatementEnum::FunctionCall(
+                        "and".to_owned(),
+                        vec![out, parse_statement_adv(file, false, 24)?],
+                    )
+                    .to()
+                }
+                (0..=23, Some('|'))
+                    if matches!(
+                        file.get_char(file.get_pos().current_char_index + 1),
+                        Some('|')
+                    ) =>
+                {
+                    file.next();
+                    file.next();
+                    SStatementEnum::FunctionCall(
+                        "or".to_owned(),
+                        vec![out, parse_statement_adv(file, false, 24)?],
+                    )
+                    .to()
+                }
                 // 020 == !=
                 (0..=20, Some('='))
                     if matches!(
@@ -993,7 +1039,7 @@ pub mod implementation {
                 // 000 = :=
                 (0..=0, Some('=')) => {
                     file.next();
-                    parse_statement(file)?.output_to(out, 0)
+                    parse_statement(file)?.output_to(out)
                 }
                 (0..=0, Some(':'))
                     if matches!(
@@ -1003,7 +1049,7 @@ pub mod implementation {
                 {
                     file.next();
                     file.next();
-                    parse_statement(file)?.initialize_to(out, 0)
+                    parse_statement(file)?.initialize_to(out)
                 }
                 _ => break,
             };