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// Support for records.
:(before "End Mu Types")
// We'll use this array as a running example:
int integer_array = Type_number["integer-array"] = Next_type_number++;
Type[integer_array].is_array = true;
Type[integer_array].element.push_back(integer);

:(scenario copy_array)
# Arrays can be copied around with a single instruction just like integers,
# no matter how large they are.
recipe main [
  1:integer <- copy 3:literal
  2:integer <- copy 14:literal
  3:integer <- copy 15:literal
  4:integer <- copy 16:literal
  5:integer-array <- copy 1:integer-array
]
+run: instruction 4
+run: ingredient 0 is 1
+mem: location 1 is 3
+mem: location 2 is 14
+mem: location 3 is 15
+mem: location 4 is 16
+mem: storing in location 5
+mem: storing in location 6
+mem: storing in location 7
+mem: storing in location 8

:(replace{} "size_t size_of(reagent r)")
size_t size_of(reagent r) {
  type_info t = Type[r.types[0]];
  if (t.is_record) {
    int result = 0;
    for (size_t i = 0; i < t.size; ++i) {
      ostringstream out;
      out << result;
      reagent x(out.str());
      copy(t.elements[i].begin(), t.elements[i].end(), inserter(x.types, x.types.begin()));
      result += size_of(x);
    }
    return result;
  }
  if (t.is_array) {
    int base = to_int(r.name);
    if (Memory[base] == 0) return 0;
    ostringstream out;
    out << base+1;
    reagent x(out.str());
    x.types.push_back(t.element[0]);
    return 1 + Memory[base]*size_of(x);
  }
  // scalar
  return t.size;
}