//: 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. def main [ # pretend address:array:location; in practice we'll use 'new' 10:num <- copy 5 # length # pretend address:array:location; in practice we'll use 'new" 20:num <- copy 5 # length # actual start of this recipe default-space:space <- copy 10/unsafe #: later layers will explain the /names: property 0:space/names:dummy <- copy 20/unsafe 1:num <- copy 32 1:num/space:1 <- copy 33 ] def dummy [ # just for the /names: property above ] # chain space: 10 + (length) 1 +mem: storing 20 in location 11 # store to default space: 10 + (skip length) 1 + (index) 1 +mem: storing 32 in location 12 # store to chained space: (contents of location 12) 20 + (length) 1 + (index) 1 +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_base(const reagent& x)") int space_base(const reagent& x) { int base = current_call().default_space ? current_call().default_space : 0; return space_base(x, space_index(x), base); } int space_base(const reagent& x, int space_index, int base) { if (space_index == 0) return base; return space_base(x, space_index-1, get_or_insert(Memory, base+/*skip length*/1)); } int space_index(const reagent& x) { for (int i = 0; i < SIZE(x.properties); ++i) { if (x.properties.at(i).first == "space") { if (!x.properties.at(i).second || x.properties.at(i).second->right) raise << maybe(current_recipe_name()) << "/space metadata should take exactly one value in '" << x.original_string << "'\n" << end(); return to_integer(x.properties.at(i).second->value); } } return 0; } :(scenario permit_space_as_variable_name) def main [ space:num <- copy 0 ]