//: Some instructions can take string literals for convenience. //: //: Instead of quotes, we'll use [] to delimit strings. That'll reduce the //: need for escaping since we can support nested brackets. And we can also //: imagine that 'recipe' might one day itself be defined in mu, doing its own //: parsing. //: First extend the mu parser to support string literals. :(scenario "string_literal") recipe main [ 1:address:array:character <- new [abc def] ] +parse: ingredient: {name: "abc def", value: 0, type: 0, properties: ["abc def": "literal-string"]} :(before "End Mu Types Initialization") Type_number["literal-string"] = 0; :(after "string next_word(istream& in)") if (in.peek() == '[') return slurp_quoted(in); :(code) string slurp_quoted(istream& in) { assert(!in.eof()); assert(in.get() == '['); ostringstream out; int size = 1; while (!in.eof()) { char c = in.get(); if (c == '[') ++size; if (c == ']') --size; if (size == 0) break; //? cout << c << '\n'; //? 1 out << c; //? cout << out.str() << "$\n"; //? 1 } return out.str(); } :(scenario "string_literal_nested") recipe main [ 1:address:array:character <- new [abc [def]] ] +parse: ingredient: {name: "abc [def]", value: 0, type: 0, properties: ["abc [def]": "literal-string"]} //: Next, extend 'new' to handle a string literal argument. :(scenario "new_string") recipe main [ 1:address:array:character <- new [abc def] 2:character <- index 1:address:array:character/deref, 5:literal ] # integer code for 'e' +mem: storing 101 in location 2 :(before "End Mu Types Initialization") Type_number["character"] = Next_type_number++; :(after "case NEW" following "Primitive Recipe Implementations") if (instructions[pc].ingredients[0].properties[0].second[0] == "literal-string") { // allocate an array just large enough for it vector result; result.push_back(Current_routine->alloc); write_memory(instructions[pc].products[0], result); // assume that all characters fit in a single location //? cout << "new string literal: " << instructions[pc].ingredients[0].name << '\n'; //? 1 Memory[Current_routine->alloc++] = instructions[pc].ingredients[0].name.size(); for (size_t i = 0; i < instructions[pc].ingredients[0].name.size(); ++i) { Memory[Current_routine->alloc++] = instructions[pc].ingredients[0].name[i]; } // mu strings are not null-terminated in memory break; }