//: 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:array:location <- copy 10:literal 0:address:array:location/names:dummy <- copy 20:literal # later layers will explain the /names: property 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{} "index_t space_base(const reagent& x)") index_t space_base(const reagent& x) { return space_base(x, space_index(x), Current_routine->calls.top().default_space); } index_t space_base(const reagent& x, index_t space_index, index_t base) { //? trace("foo") << "base of space " << space_index << '\n'; //? 1 if (space_index == 0) { //? trace("foo") << "base of space " << space_index << " is " << base << '\n'; //? 1 return base; } //? trace("foo") << "base of space " << space_index << " is " << Memory[base+1] << '\n'; //? 1 index_t result = space_base(x, space_index-1, Memory[base+1]); return result; } index_t space_index(const reagent& x) { for (index_t i = 0; i < x.properties.size(); ++i) { if (x.properties.at(i).first == "space") { assert(x.properties.at(i).second.size() == 1); return to_int(x.properties.at(i).second.at(0)); } } return 0; }