//: 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.) void test_surrounding_space() { run( // location 2 in space 1 (remember that locations 0 and 1 are reserved in all // spaces) refers to the space surrounding the default space, here 20. "def main [\n" // prepare default-space address " 10:num/alloc-id, 11:num <- copy 0, 1000\n" // prepare default-space payload " 1000:num <- copy 0\n" // alloc id of payload " 1001:num <- copy 5\n" // length // prepare address of chained space " 20:num/alloc-id, 21:num <- copy 0, 2000\n" // prepare payload of chained space " 2000:num <- copy 0\n" // alloc id of payload " 2001:num <- copy 5\n" // length // actual start of this recipe " default-space:space <- copy 10:space\n" // later layers will explain the /names: property " 0:space/names:dummy <- copy 20:space/raw\n" " 2:num <- copy 94\n" " 2:num/space:1 <- copy 95\n" "]\n" "def dummy [\n" // just for the /names: property above "]\n" ); CHECK_TRACE_CONTENTS( // chain space: 1000 + (alloc id) 1 + (length) 1 "mem: storing 0 in location 1002\n" "mem: storing 2000 in location 1003\n" // store to default space: 1000 + (alloc id) 1 + (length) 1 + (index) 2 "mem: storing 94 in location 1004\n" // store to chained space: (contents of location 1003) 2000 + (alloc id) 1 + (length) 1 + (index) 2 "mem: storing 95 in location 2004\n" ); } //: 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+/*skip alloc id*/1) : 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; double chained_space_address = base+/*skip length*/1+/*skip alloc id of chaining slot*/1; double chained_space_base = get_or_insert(Memory, chained_space_address) + /*skip alloc id of chained space*/1; return space_base(x, space_index-1, chained_space_base); } 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; } :(code) void test_permit_space_as_variable_name() { run( "def main [\n" " space:num <- copy 0\n" "]\n" ); }