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//: So far you can have global variables by not setting default-space, and
//: local variables by setting default-space. You can isolate variables
//: between those extremes by creating 'surrounding' spaces.
//:
//: (Surrounding spaces are like lexical scopes in other languages.)

:(scenario "surrounding_space")
# location 1 in space 1 refers to the space surrounding the default space, here 20.
recipe main [
  10:integer <- copy 5:literal  # pretend array
  20:integer <- copy 5:literal  # pretend array
  default-space:address:space <- copy 10:literal
  0:address:space <- copy 20:literal
  1:integer <- copy 32:literal
  1:integer/space:1 <- copy 33:literal
]
+run: instruction main/3
+mem: storing 20 in location 11
+run: instruction main/4
+mem: storing 32 in location 12
+run: instruction main/5
+mem: storing 33 in location 22

//: If you think of a space as a collection of variables with a common
//: lifetime, surrounding allows managing shorter lifetimes inside a longer
//: one.

:(replace{} "int space(const reagent& x)")
int space(const reagent& x) {
  return space(x, space_index(x), Current_routine.calls.top().default_space);
}

int space(const reagent& x, int space_index, int base) {
  if (space_index == 0) return base;
  return space(x, space_index-1, Memory[base+1]);
}

int space_index(const reagent& x) {
  for (size_t i = 0; i < x.properties.size(); ++i) {
    if (x.properties[i].first == "space")
      return to_int(x.properties[i].second[0]);
  }
  return 0;
}