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Adds size/alignment/offset computations to the type system and detects
potentially infinite types. If the type is potentially infinite but
contains a union that can break that type loop, then all other variants
of that union are supposed to be allocated on the heap. If the type
is potentially infinite but cannot be broken up, then we throw the
appropriate error.

The size/alignment/offset computations are not yet employed in the
runtime. But prepares Reowolf for a proper bytecode/IR implementation.
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# Dealing with "Infinite Types" in a Value-Based Language
 

	
 
## The Problem
 

	
 
In many languages constructing `struct`s with members that, when expanded, end up having a field that refers to the struct itself by value is illegal. This makes sense because, firstly, one could never actually construct such a `struct`, if one would want to construct a literal then one would be typing an infinite amount of time. Secondly, because even if the struct could be constructed, one would have to take up an infinite amount of memory. As a practical example: a binary tree can conceptually grow to an infinite size, and such an infinite tree cannot be constructed.
 

	
 
And so, in low-level programming languages one would replace these with pointers (or something equivalent) in order to deal with both points. The first point is no longer true, because the pointer can be `null` (in the example: this would terminate a node in the tree, making it a leaf of the tree). And secondly the size is no longer infinite and is calculable because a pointer will always have a fixed size.
 

	
 
In Reowolf we have value-based semantics. To have reasonable cache coherency, quick `struct`/`union` member access, and prevent memory (de)allocation overhead we want to put as much values onto a stack-like construct. For this reason we would like to precalculate the alignment and offset of each type and its members.
 

	
 
Point one above still stands: if one wishes to construct a type that never terminates, then the compiler should throw an error. An example of which would be:
 

	
 
```pdl
 
// Simple truly infinite type
 
struct Infinite { 
 
    Infinite member,
 
}
 

	
 
// Infinite type of cycle length 2
 
struct Left { Right other }
 
struct Right { Left other }
 

	
 
// Infinite type of cycle length 3
 
struct A { B b }
 
struct B { C c }
 
struct C { A a }
 

	
 
// Etcetera
 

	
 
// But we can also do this using unions
 
union A { B(B), C(C) }
 
union B { A(A), C(C) }
 
union C { A(A), B(B) }
 
```
 

	
 
If one wishes to express a type whose value causes it to terminate somewhere, the only option in this language is to use `union`s to indicate the optionality of a certain member. For example:
 

	
 
```pdl
 
// One option, allows setting branches individually
 
union Option<T>{ Some(T), None }
 
struct U32TreeExample {
 
    u32 value, 
 
    Option<TreeExample> left,
 
    Option<TreeExample> right,
 
}
 

	
 
// Another option, must be a well-formed binary tree
 
union U32TreeLink {
 
    Leaf,
 
    Node(U32TreeLink, U32TreeLink)
 
}
 
struct U32TreeNode {
 
    u32 value,
 
    U32TreeLink link,
 
}
 

	
 
// Another kind of thing
 
union List<T> { 
 
    End,
 
    Entry(T, List<T>)
 
}
 
```
 

	
 
These are all valid types, and we should be able to express them, but naively calculating their size causes one to run into issues. 
 

	
 
## Onwards to an Algorithm
 

	
 
So far one can see that `struct`s and `union`s are the elements that might constitute an infinite type. All of the other types (user defined `enum`s and all of the builtins like `u32`, `string`, `s64`, etc.) do not have any members and have a fixed size. Whenever there is a union in the type, we might have a type that is not truly infinite, but may terminate somewhere.
 

	
 
Imagine a graph containing all user-defined `struct` and `union` types. The edges in this graph are directional, and indicate that one type is embedded in the other. It is important to construct this graph on a per-member basis. `struct` members may have one edge running towards it, coming from the member's type. `union`s can have multiple edges running towards it, one for each embedded type in the union member. Note that types may refer to themselves.
 

	
 
Having constructed this graph, one can visualise the potentially infinite types by loops in the graph. A struct is potentially infinite if one of its members is part of a loop. A union is potentially infinite if all of its members are part of a loop. A potentially infinite type is a truly infinite type if the relevant loops all contain potentially infinite types. Or, conversely: a potentially infinite type is not actually infinite if the relevant loops contain a union that is not potentially infinite.
 

	
 
More practically: a potentially infinite struct (implying that at least one of its members is part of a type loop) is not infinite if each of its "looped members" is part of a loop which contains a non-infinite union. Likewise, a potentially infinite union (implying that all of its members are part of a loop) is not actually infinite if, for one of its members that contains a set of loops (because a union can embed multiple types per variant), each of those loops contain a non-infinite union.
 

	
 
And finally, in human terms: a type is not actually infinite if, given enough time, a programmer can express a literal of that type. So one may type (using the examples above):
 

	
 
```pdl
 
auto thing = List::Entry(3, List::Entry(2, List::Entry(1, List::End)));
 
auto flong = U32TreeExample{
 
    value: 0,
 
    left: Option::Some(U32TreeExample{
 
        value: 1,
 
        left: Option::None
 
    },
 
    right: Option::None
 
}
 
```
 

	
 
But one simply cannot express:
 

	
 
```pdl
 
auto cannot_construct = A::B(B::C(C::A(A::C(C::B( /* onwards, to infinity )))));
 
```
 

	
 
Now we arrive at several conditions to end up at a concrete algorithm. Firsly we have that types whose literals are expressable should be constructable in the language. Secondly, for the performance reasons mentioned above we would like to specify the memory layout for each type. So that includes the size and alignment of the type itself, and the offset (with implicit alignment and size) of each of its members. Thirdly, because we're going to have to put pointers somewhere in the aforementioned type loops (necessarily, because we have variably sized values, we need to perform some kind of allocation somewhere, hence we need to have pointers somewhere), we need these pointers to be placed consistently throughout the code. This last point is a design decision: we could decide to have some types including pointers to members, and some types excluding pointers to members. This would then require special conversion functions implemented when two values of the same type, but with a different memory layout, are converted into one another. This on top of the fact that each of the types containing a pointer will require a constructor and a destructor. Finally, albeit this point looks ahead a bit at the implementation, we desire that subsequent compilations of the same files, but potentially in a different order, result in the same layout of each of the types.
 

	
 
We may observe that only unions may break up potentially infinite types. So for each loop that contains a non-infinite union we need at least one union that is implemented using some kind of pointer. There are multiple ways we can fix the byte size of the union, thereby breaking the type loop:
 

	
 
1. Make each instance of the union a pointer to the data in that union: both the tag and the potentially embedded values. This has the upside of being relatively simple to implement. Furthermore the union itself will just have a fixed size. The downside is that for a tag lookup we have to follow the pointer, generally causing cache misses in the case that we just want to check the tag.
 
   
 
2. Keep the tag in a union value, but dynamically allocate all of the contents. This way the size of a union value becomes a tag and a pointer. On 32-bit systems this is most likely fine, on 64-bit systems (which is the norm, if we're not talking about embedded computers) alignment will generally cause the union size to bloat to 16-bytes. This kind of implementation has two subcases to consider. 
 
   
 
    - Allocate as much memory as the maximum union variant. This way changing the union variant will not force a reallocation. Instead we can use up the allocated memory.
 
      
 
    - Allocate as much memory as the variant requires. This way we will not waste any memory, at the cost of having to reallocate when the variant is changed.
 
    
 
3. Keep the tag in the union value, with the same up- and downsides as the previous point. Then dynamically allocate the members of the variants (that is, if we have `union Foo { Bar(CyclicType, u64, u64), Qux }`, then we will just make `CyclicType` a pointer). The obvious downside is that changing variants might cause (de)allocations. And if we have multiple members that cause a loop then we need to allocate each of them. The upside is that when we're only accessing the non-pointer members that they're likely already in the cache.
 

	
 
There are many more tiny variants here that are not explicitly stated. I'll document my reasons for choosing the variant I think works best:
 

	
 
- The whole idea of breaking the type cycles is not to allocate an infinite amount of memory, so always allocating the union is naturally out of the question. Furthermore type loops will generally only occur in particular datastructures that are potentially infinite: trees, linked lists, hashmaps, etc.
 
  
 
- The contract when using a union is that the byte size of a union value is the size of the largest member plus the size of the tag (plus padding). So allocating the union just once, with enough size to fit all possible allocated variants seems like a good idea to me. I suspect that in most cases these unions will express something along the lines of: there is nothing, or there is nothing.
 

	
 
Finally, as a note: all of this type-loop checking has to be performed per monomorphization. A polymorphic type specification itself does not need to be checked for type loops.
 

	
 
Lastly, we have to consider the point of making sure that multiple compilations, where the AST is constructed in a different order, hence where the types are "discovered" in a different order, will result in the same types. As a rather simple solution, instead of just marking one union in the type loop as pointerlike, all of the unions in the type loops will be implemented using some kind of pointer scheme.
 

	
 
## Concluding on the Algorithm
 

	
 
As an initial conclusion:
 

	
 
- All non-infinite unions in type loops are implemented using dynamic allocation to break the type loops and to prevent potentially infinite types from being truly infinite.
 
- The tag of the union will be a non-allocated value associated with the union. Considering that most of the time these kinds of unions will represent an option-like type (there is one more entry in the linked list, there is one more node in the tree, etc.) I think it is nice to not have cache misses when checking whether a value is present, or whether it is not present.
 
- Considering that we cannot allocate all of the time (because then we will still end up with an infinite amount of allocated memory), but I do not currently want to implement very complicated logic in the compiler for handling memory allocations, I will initially implement the following scheme: all union variants that do not contain any types part of a type loop will be stored on the stack, contributing to the byte size of the union. All variants that do contain such types will be fully allocated on the heap in one allocation. The size of the allocated region will be the size of the largest variant that requires dynamic allocation.
 

	
 
## Rough Specification of the Algorithm
 

	
 
I might be missing some stuff here, that stuff will probably pop up while I'm implementing this:
 

	
 
- 
 
   Perform the basic pre-compilation for symbol discovery and definition discovery. This constructs the AST such that we can parse the AST to determine what fields are present on each `struct` and what variants are used in each `union`.
 

	
 
-
 
    For each type added to the type table (including monomorphs where we have all of the polymorphic variables fully specified), we will traverse all of the members and their types. For each type we will check if was already checked not to be cyclic. If it was already completely checked, then all types up until the most recently checked type cannot be cyclic (another member might still make them cyclic). If the type was not completely checked, but previously encountered in our search for loops, then all of types from the first encounter of that type are considered part of a type loop.
 

	
 
- 
 
    Note that this algorithm is recursive in the sense that for structs we need to check each member for type loops. For unions we need to check each embedded type in each variant. So when we encounter a type loop for a specific set of members, we walk back and mark each of the unions along the way as requiring allocation. If there were no such unions then we immediately return an error. We keep all of the unions that require allocation around in a list.
 
  
 
- 
 
   While we're doing the above, if we encounter a union who has a member that does not exist in a type loop then we mark it as non-infinite.
 
   
 
- 
 
   After all of the above is done, we need to check all of the unions we have encountered. Necessarily if we started with a particular type, and recursively checked all of the embedded types, then we will discover *all* type loops. If none of the unions is non-infinite, then we throw an error (which might be kind of hard, because what kind of error do we show in the case of the `union A; union B; union C;` example?). With the algorithm above, we now know that if there are type loops, that each of them contains at least one union. With the condition that there is at least one non-infinite union we now know that the type is expressable. The constructed list of unions only contains unions that were part of a type loop.
 

	
 
   With that knowledge, to guarantee consistent compilation, we will decide to make each union in each type loop, whether it is infinite or non-infinite, a pointerlike union.
 

	
 
-
 
   A pointerlike union's value will consist of a tag, plus reserved size (with the proper alignment) for the largest non-pointerlike union variant if it is larger than the size of a pointer on the particular machine. If it is smaller, than we just need a tag, and a pointer that is properly aligned. So the union value will have a fixed size that is not dependent on the types that were part of the type cycle. I'll call the variants that were not part of type cycles "value variants", and parts that *were* part of type cycles "pointer variants".
 

	
 
Then, during runtime, as an initial implementation (we could be smarter if we know the old value and know the new value, but that would take a lot of static analysis, we're not yet at that point in the compiler), we will check the tag value whether the old and new values are pointers. If the old and new variants are both pointer variants, or when they're both value variants, then we do not (re)allocate. If we go from a value variant to a pointer variant then we allocate. If we go from a pointer variant to a value variant then we deallocate.
 

	
 
## Some Examples of the Algorithm
 

	
 
I wrote these before I started writing all of the above, I'll keep it here for some concrete examples of the algorithm.
 

	
 
### Truly Infinite Example with Structs
 

	
 
```pdl
 
// Most simple case
 
struct SelfReferential{ SelfReferential field }
 

	
 
// Slightly more complicated case
 
struct DualA { DualB b }
 
struct DualB { DualA a }
 
```
 

	
 
In some sense we would be able to compute the sizes of these datastructures, we simply make their fields pointers. Let's assume 64 bit systems for all of these examples. For just the first case we would then have that `SelfReferential` has a size of 8 bytes. However, we always need to allocate its member `field`. So this would always take up an infinite amount of memory. We disallow this case because we would never be able to construct a literal of these kinds of datatypes.
 

	
 
### Truly Infinite Example with Unions
 

	
 
```pdl
 
struct S { UOne one, UTwo two }
 
union UOne { Struct(S), One(UOne), Two(UTwo) }
 
union UTwo { One(UOne), Two(UTwo) } 
 
```
 

	
 
Again, here we have a case where we can compute the sizes. We make the unions have pointerlike contents. So the unions will be 16 bytes (8 bytes for the tag and padding for pointer alignment, then an 8 byte pointer). Hence the struct will be 32 bytes. But once more we can never construct a literal and instantiating an element would always take up an infinite amount of memory.
 

	
 
### Slightly Ambiguous Example
 

	
 
With the following example we get one union which is non-infinite.
 

	
 
```pdl
 
struct SEnd { u32 some_value }
 
struct SMiddle {
 
   SEnd this_ends,
 
   UOne union_one,
 
   UTwo union_two,
 
}
 
union UOne { One(UOne), Two(UTwo), Struct(SMiddle) }
 
union UTwo { One(UOne), Two(UTwo), End(u32) }
 
```
 

	
 
If we draw the type graph, we get something like:
 

	
 
```pdl
 
+--------+        +---------+        +-------+        +-------+
 
| struct |        | struct  | <----- | union | <----- | union |
 
| SEnd   | -----> | SMiddle | -----> | UOne  | -----> | UTwo  |
 
+--------+        +---------+        +-------+        +-------+
 
                                      |     ^          |     ^
 
                                      |     |          |     |
 
                                      \-----/          \-----/
 
```
 

	
 
For this case we can actually always construct a literal of `SMiddle`. Viewing the literal as a tree (each node a type instance) then we can terminate the tree branches using `UTwo::End`. However, if we would just make `UTwo` pointerlike, we cannot compute the size of `UOne` (it contains a reference to itself, so would grow infinitely in size). This hints at that we should make `UOne` pointerlike as well.
 

	
 
### Slightly Ambiguous Example, Version 2
 

	
 
Not really ambiguous, but just to show that not all unions which are part of a connected type graph need to be turned into pointerlike unions.
 

	
 
```pdl
 
union Value {
 
    Unsigned(u64),
 
    Signed(s64),
 
    Undefined
 
}
 
struct Node {
 
    Value value,
 
    Children children
 
}
 

	
 
union Children {
 
    One(Node),
 
    Two(Node, Node),
 
    None
 
}
 
```
 

	
 
We get a cycle between `Node` and `Children`, so we would want to implement `Children` as being pointerlike. But we don't have to make `Value` pointerlike. In terms of the described algorithm: `Value` is not part of a type loop, so is not considered a candidate for being pointerlike.
 

	
 
### Slightly Ambigious Example, Version 3
 

	
 
Contains part of the type graph that is not part of a type loop. So the associated union should not be pointerlike.
 

	
 
```pdl
 
// Parts that are outside of the type loop
 
struct SOutside {
 
    UOutside next,
 
}
 
union UOutside {
 
    Next(SInside)
 
}
 

	
 
// Parts that are inside the type loop
 
struct SInside {
 
    UInside next,
 
}
 
union UInside {
 
    Next(SInside),
 
    NoNext,
 
}
 
```
 

	
 
Here `UInside` should become pointerlike, but `UOutside` should remain a normal value.
 

	
 
### Which Union Breaks the Cycle?
 

	
 
```pdl
 
struct S { UOne one }
 
union UOne { Two(UTwo), Nope }
 
union UTwo { Struct(S), Nope }
 
```
 

	
 
Here we see that we have a type loop to which both unions contribute. We can either lay out `UOne` as pointerlike, or `UTwo`. Both would allow us to calculate the size of the types and make the type expressable. However we need consistent compilation. For this reason and this reason only (because it is much more efficient to only lay out one of the unions as a pointer) we have to make both unions pointerlike. Perhaps in the future some other consistent metric can be applied.
 

	
 
### Does it even Matter?
 

	
 
```pdl
 
// Obviously doesn't use `T`
 
enum Something<T> { A, B }
 

	
 
// So this should be fine
 
struct Foo {
 
    Something<Foo> some_member,
 
}
 
```
 

	
 
Here we have a struct `Foo` that has a reliance on `Something<Foo>`, but this shouldn't case a type loop. Because `Foo` doesn't actually appear in `Something`. So whatever algorithm we come up with should resolve member types not by iterating over each individual type, but by attempting to instantiate a monomorph of that type, then to check the members of that monomorph.
 
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        debug_assert!(depth == 0, "illegally constructed ParserType: {:?}", self.elements);
 
        return Some(&self.elements[start_element..self.cur_embedded_idx]);
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
/// ConcreteType is the representation of a type after the type inference and
 
/// checker is finished. These are fully typed.
 
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq)]
 
pub enum ConcreteTypePart {
 
    // Special types (cannot be explicitly constructed by the programmer)
 
    Void,
 
    // Builtin types without nested types
 
    Message,
 
    Bool,
 
    UInt8, UInt16, UInt32, UInt64,
 
    SInt8, SInt16, SInt32, SInt64,
 
    Character, String,
 
    // Builtin types with one nested type
 
    Array,
 
    Slice,
 
    Input,
 
    Output,
 
    // User defined type with any number of nested types
 
    Instance(DefinitionId, u32),
 
    Instance(DefinitionId, u32),    // instance of data type
 
    Function(DefinitionId, u32),    // instance of function
 
    Component(DefinitionId, u32),   // instance of a connector
 
}
 

	
 
impl ConcreteTypePart {
 
    fn num_embedded(&self) -> u32 {
 
        use ConcreteTypePart::*;
 

	
 
        match self {
 
            Void | Message | Bool |
 
            UInt8 | UInt16 | UInt32 | UInt64 |
 
            SInt8 | SInt16 | SInt32 | SInt64 |
 
            Character | String =>
 
                0,
 
            Array | Slice | Input | Output =>
 
                1,
 
            Instance(_, num_embedded) => *num_embedded,
 
            Function(_, num_embedded) => *num_embedded,
 
            Component(_, num_embedded) => *num_embedded,
 
        }
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 
pub struct ConcreteType {
 
    pub(crate) parts: Vec<ConcreteTypePart>
 
}
 

	
 
impl Default for ConcreteType {
 
    fn default() -> Self {
 
        Self{ parts: Vec::new() }
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
impl ConcreteType {
 
    /// Returns an iterator over the subtrees that are type arguments (e.g. an
 
    /// array element's type, or a polymorphic type's arguments) to the
 
    /// provided parent type (specified by its index in the `parts` array).
 
    pub(crate) fn embedded_iter<'a>(&'a self, parent_part_idx: usize) -> ConcreteTypeIter<'a> {
 
        let num_embedded = self.parts[parent_part_idx].num_embedded();
 
        return ConcreteTypeIter{
 
            concrete: self,
 
            idx_embedded: 0,
 
            num_embedded,
 
            part_idx: parent_part_idx + 1,
 
        }
 
    }
 

	
 
    /// Given the starting position of a type tree, determine the exclusive
 
    /// ending index.
 
    pub(crate) fn subtree_end_idx(&self, start_idx: usize) -> usize {
 
        let mut depth = 1;
 
        let num_parts = self.parts.len();
 
        debug_assert!(start_idx < num_parts);
 

	
 
        for part_idx in start_idx..self.parts.len() {
 
            let depth_change = self.parts[part_idx].num_embedded() as i32 - 1;
 
            depth += depth_change;
 
            debug_assert!(depth >= 0);
 

	
 
            if depth == 0 {
 
                return part_idx + 1;
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        debug_assert!(false, "incorrectly constructed ConcreteType instance");
 
        return 0;
 
    }
 

	
 
    /// Construct a human-readable name for the type. Because this performs
 
    /// a string allocation don't use it for anything else then displaying the
 
    /// type to the user.
 
    pub(crate) fn display_name(&self, heap: &Heap) -> String {
 
        fn display_part(parts: &[ConcreteTypePart], heap: &Heap, mut idx: usize, target: &mut String) -> usize {
 
            use ConcreteTypePart as CTP;
 
            use crate::protocol::parser::token_parsing::*;
 

	
 
            let cur_idx = idx;
 
            idx += 1; // increment by 1, because it always happens
 

	
 
            match parts[cur_idx] {
 
                CTP::Void => { target.push_str("void"); },
 
                CTP::Message => { target.push_str(KW_TYPE_MESSAGE_STR); },
 
                CTP::Bool => { target.push_str(KW_TYPE_BOOL_STR); },
 
                CTP::UInt8 => { target.push_str(KW_TYPE_UINT8_STR); },
 
                CTP::UInt16 => { target.push_str(KW_TYPE_UINT16_STR); },
 
                CTP::UInt32 => { target.push_str(KW_TYPE_UINT32_STR); },
 
                CTP::UInt64 => { target.push_str(KW_TYPE_UINT64_STR); },
 
                CTP::SInt8 => { target.push_str(KW_TYPE_SINT8_STR); },
 
                CTP::SInt16 => { target.push_str(KW_TYPE_SINT16_STR); },
 
                CTP::SInt32 => { target.push_str(KW_TYPE_SINT32_STR); },
 
                CTP::SInt64 => { target.push_str(KW_TYPE_SINT64_STR); },
 
                CTP::Character => { target.push_str(KW_TYPE_CHAR_STR); },
 
                CTP::String => { target.push_str(KW_TYPE_STRING_STR); },
 
                CTP::Array | CTP::Slice => {
 
                    idx = display_part(parts, heap, idx, target);
 
                    target.push_str("[]");
 
                },
 
                CTP::Input => {
 
                    target.push_str(KW_TYPE_IN_PORT_STR);
 
                    target.push('<');
 
                    idx = display_part(parts, heap, idx, target);
 
                    target.push('>');
 
                },
 
                CTP::Output => {
 
                    target.push_str(KW_TYPE_OUT_PORT_STR);
 
                    target.push('<');
 
                    idx = display_part(parts, heap, idx, target);
 
                    target.push('>');
 
                },
 
                CTP::Instance(definition_id, num_poly_args) |
 
                CTP::Function(definition_id, num_poly_args) |
 
                CTP::Component(definition_id, num_poly_args) => {
 
                    let definition = &heap[definition_id];
 
                    target.push_str(definition.identifier().value.as_str());
 

	
 
                    if num_poly_args != 0 {
 
                        target.push('<');
 
                        for poly_arg_idx in 0..num_poly_args {
 
                            if poly_arg_idx != 0 {
 
                                target.push(',');
 
                                idx = display_part(parts, heap, idx, target);
 
                            }
 
                        }
 
                        target.push('>');
 
                    }
 
                }
 
            }
 

	
 
            idx
 
        }
 

	
 
        let mut name = String::with_capacity(128);
 
        let _final_idx = display_part(&self.parts, heap, 0, &mut name);
 
        debug_assert_eq!(_final_idx, self.parts.len());
 

	
 
        return name;
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
#[derive(Debug)]
 
pub struct ConcreteTypeIter<'a> {
 
    concrete: &'a ConcreteType,
 
    idx_embedded: u32,
 
    num_embedded: u32,
 
    part_idx: usize,
 
}
 

	
 
impl<'a> Iterator for ConcreteTypeIter<'a> {
 
    type Item = &'a [ConcreteTypePart];
 

	
 
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
 
        if self.idx_embedded == self.num_embedded {
 
            return None;
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Retrieve the subtree of interest
 
        let start_idx = self.part_idx;
 
        let end_idx = self.concrete.subtree_end_idx(start_idx);
 

	
 
        self.idx_embedded += 1;
 
        self.part_idx = end_idx;
 

	
 
        return Some(&self.concrete.parts[start_idx..end_idx]);
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 
pub enum Scope {
 
    Definition(DefinitionId),
 
    Regular(BlockStatementId),
 
    Synchronous((SynchronousStatementId, BlockStatementId)),
 
}
 

	
 
impl Scope {
 
    pub fn is_block(&self) -> bool {
 
        match &self {
 
            Scope::Definition(_) => false,
 
            Scope::Regular(_) => true,
 
            Scope::Synchronous(_) => true,
 
        }
 
    }
 
    pub fn to_block(&self) -> BlockStatementId {
 
        match &self {
 
            Scope::Regular(id) => *id,
 
            Scope::Synchronous((_, id)) => *id,
 
            _ => panic!("unable to get BlockStatement from Scope")
 
        }
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
@@ -712,92 +866,86 @@ pub struct StructFieldDefinition {
 
    pub parser_type: ParserType,
 
}
 

	
 
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 
pub struct StructDefinition {
 
    pub this: StructDefinitionId,
 
    pub defined_in: RootId,
 
    // Symbol scanning
 
    pub span: InputSpan,
 
    pub identifier: Identifier,
 
    pub poly_vars: Vec<Identifier>,
 
    // Parsing
 
    pub fields: Vec<StructFieldDefinition>
 
}
 

	
 
impl StructDefinition {
 
    pub(crate) fn new_empty(
 
        this: StructDefinitionId, defined_in: RootId, span: InputSpan,
 
        identifier: Identifier, poly_vars: Vec<Identifier>
 
    ) -> Self {
 
        Self{ this, defined_in, span, identifier, poly_vars, fields: Vec::new() }
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 
pub enum EnumVariantValue {
 
    None,
 
    Integer(i64),
 
}
 

	
 
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 
pub struct EnumVariantDefinition {
 
    pub identifier: Identifier,
 
    pub value: EnumVariantValue,
 
}
 

	
 
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 
pub struct EnumDefinition {
 
    pub this: EnumDefinitionId,
 
    pub defined_in: RootId,
 
    // Symbol scanning
 
    pub span: InputSpan,
 
    pub identifier: Identifier,
 
    pub poly_vars: Vec<Identifier>,
 
    // Parsing
 
    pub variants: Vec<EnumVariantDefinition>,
 
}
 

	
 
impl EnumDefinition {
 
    pub(crate) fn new_empty(
 
        this: EnumDefinitionId, defined_in: RootId, span: InputSpan,
 
        identifier: Identifier, poly_vars: Vec<Identifier>
 
    ) -> Self {
 
        Self{ this, defined_in, span, identifier, poly_vars, variants: Vec::new() }
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 
pub enum UnionVariantValue {
 
    None,
 
    Embedded(Vec<ParserType>),
 
}
 

	
 
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 
pub struct UnionVariantDefinition {
 
    pub span: InputSpan,
 
    pub identifier: Identifier,
 
    pub value: UnionVariantValue,
 
    pub value: Vec<ParserType>, // if empty, then union variant does not contain any embedded types
 
}
 

	
 
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 
pub struct UnionDefinition {
 
    pub this: UnionDefinitionId,
 
    pub defined_in: RootId,
 
    // Phase 1: symbol scanning
 
    pub span: InputSpan,
 
    pub identifier: Identifier,
 
    pub poly_vars: Vec<Identifier>,
 
    // Phase 2: parsing
 
    pub variants: Vec<UnionVariantDefinition>,
 
}
 

	
 
impl UnionDefinition {
 
    pub(crate) fn new_empty(
 
        this: UnionDefinitionId, defined_in: RootId, span: InputSpan,
 
        identifier: Identifier, poly_vars: Vec<Identifier>
 
    ) -> Self {
 
        Self{ this, defined_in, span, identifier, poly_vars, variants: Vec::new() }
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
src/protocol/ast_printer.rs
Show inline comments
 
@@ -309,62 +309,59 @@ impl ASTWriter {
 
                    self.kv(indent4).with_s_key("Name")
 
                        .with_identifier_val(&variant.identifier);
 
                    let variant_value = self.kv(indent4).with_s_key("Value");
 
                    match &variant.value {
 
                        EnumVariantValue::None => variant_value.with_s_val("None"),
 
                        EnumVariantValue::Integer(value) => variant_value.with_disp_val(value),
 
                    };
 
                }
 
            },
 
            Definition::Union(def) => {
 
                self.kv(indent).with_id(PREFIX_UNION_ID, def.this.0.index)
 
                    .with_s_key("DefinitionUnion");
 

	
 
                self.kv(indent2).with_s_key("Name").with_identifier_val(&def.identifier);
 
                for poly_var_id in &def.poly_vars {
 
                    self.kv(indent3).with_s_key("PolyVar").with_identifier_val(&poly_var_id);
 
                }
 

	
 
                self.kv(indent2).with_s_key("Variants");
 
                for variant in &def.variants {
 
                    self.kv(indent3).with_s_key("Variant");
 
                    self.kv(indent4).with_s_key("Name")
 
                        .with_identifier_val(&variant.identifier);
 
                        
 
                    match &variant.value {
 
                        UnionVariantValue::None => {
 
                    if variant.value.is_empty() {
 
                        self.kv(indent4).with_s_key("Value").with_s_val("None");
 
                        }
 
                        UnionVariantValue::Embedded(embedded) => {
 
                    } else {
 
                        self.kv(indent4).with_s_key("Values");
 
                            for embedded in embedded {
 
                        for embedded in &variant.value {
 
                            self.kv(indent4+1).with_s_key("Value")
 
                                .with_custom_val(|v| write_parser_type(v, heap, embedded));
 
                        }
 
                    }
 
                }
 
            }
 
            }
 
            Definition::Function(def) => {
 
                self.kv(indent).with_id(PREFIX_FUNCTION_ID, def.this.0.index)
 
                    .with_s_key("DefinitionFunction");
 

	
 
                self.kv(indent2).with_s_key("Name").with_identifier_val(&def.identifier);
 
                for poly_var_id in &def.poly_vars {
 
                    self.kv(indent3).with_s_key("PolyVar").with_identifier_val(&poly_var_id);
 
                }
 

	
 
                self.kv(indent2).with_s_key("ReturnParserTypes");
 
                for return_type in &def.return_types {
 
                    self.kv(indent3).with_s_key("ReturnParserType")
 
                        .with_custom_val(|s| write_parser_type(s, heap, return_type));
 
                }
 

	
 
                self.kv(indent2).with_s_key("Parameters");
 
                for variable_id in &def.parameters {
 
                    self.write_variable(heap, *variable_id, indent3);
 
                }
 

	
 
                self.kv(indent2).with_s_key("Body");
 
                self.write_stmt(heap, def.body.upcast(), indent3);
 
            },
 
            Definition::Component(def) => {
 
@@ -901,46 +898,48 @@ fn write_concrete_type(target: &mut String, heap: &Heap, def_id: DefinitionId, t
 
                idx = write_concrete_part(target, heap, def_id, t, idx + 1);
 
                target.push_str("[..]");
 
            }
 
            CTP::Input => {
 
                target.push_str("in<");
 
                idx = write_concrete_part(target, heap, def_id, t, idx + 1);
 
                target.push('>');
 
            },
 
            CTP::Output => {
 
                target.push_str("out<");
 
                idx = write_concrete_part(target, heap, def_id, t, idx + 1);
 
                target.push('>')
 
            },
 
            CTP::Instance(definition_id, num_embedded) => {
 
                let identifier = heap[*definition_id].identifier();
 
                target.push_str(identifier.value.as_str());
 
                target.push('<');
 
                for idx_embedded in 0..*num_embedded {
 
                    if idx_embedded != 0 {
 
                        target.push_str(", ");
 
                    }
 
                    idx = write_concrete_part(target, heap, def_id, t, idx + 1);
 
                }
 
                target.push('>');
 
            }
 
            },
 
            CTP::Function(_, _) => todo!("AST printer for ConcreteTypePart::Function"),
 
            CTP::Component(_, _) => todo!("AST printer for ConcreteTypePart::Component"),
 
        }
 

	
 
        idx + 1
 
    }
 

	
 
    write_concrete_part(target, heap, def_id, t, 0);
 
}
 

	
 
fn write_expression_parent(target: &mut String, parent: &ExpressionParent) {
 
    use ExpressionParent as EP;
 

	
 
    *target = match parent {
 
        EP::None => String::from("None"),
 
        EP::If(id) => format!("IfStmt({})", id.0.index),
 
        EP::While(id) => format!("WhileStmt({})", id.0.index),
 
        EP::Return(id) => format!("ReturnStmt({})", id.0.index),
 
        EP::New(id) => format!("NewStmt({})", id.0.index),
 
        EP::ExpressionStmt(id) => format!("ExprStmt({})", id.0.index),
 
        EP::Expression(id, idx) => format!("Expr({}, {})", id.index, idx)
 
    };
 
}
 
\ No newline at end of file
src/protocol/parser/mod.rs
Show inline comments
 
@@ -29,88 +29,109 @@ use crate::protocol::ast_printer::ASTWriter;
 

	
 
#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 
pub enum ModuleCompilationPhase {
 
    Tokenized,              // source is tokenized
 
    SymbolsScanned,         // all definitions are linked to their type class
 
    ImportsResolved,        // all imports are added to the symbol table
 
    DefinitionsParsed,      // produced the AST for the entire module
 
    TypesAddedToTable,      // added all definitions to the type table
 
    ValidatedAndLinked,     // AST is traversed and has linked the required AST nodes
 
    // When we continue with the compiler:
 
    // Typed,                  // Type inference and checking has been performed
 
}
 

	
 
pub struct Module {
 
    // Buffers
 
    pub source: InputSource,
 
    pub tokens: TokenBuffer,
 
    // Identifiers
 
    pub root_id: RootId,
 
    pub name: Option<(PragmaId, StringRef<'static>)>,
 
    pub version: Option<(PragmaId, i64)>,
 
    pub phase: ModuleCompilationPhase,
 
}
 

	
 
// TODO: This is kind of wrong. Because when we're producing bytecode we would
 
//       like the bytecode itself to not have the notion of the size of a pointer
 
//       type. But until I figure out what we do want I'll just set everything
 
//       to a 64-bit architecture.
 
pub struct TargetArch {
 
    pub array_size_alignment: (usize, usize),
 
    pub slice_size_alignment: (usize, usize),
 
    pub string_size_alignment: (usize, usize),
 
    pub port_size_alignment: (usize, usize),
 
    pub pointer_size_alignment: (usize, usize),
 
}
 

	
 
pub struct PassCtx<'a> {
 
    heap: &'a mut Heap,
 
    symbols: &'a mut SymbolTable,
 
    pool: &'a mut StringPool,
 
    arch: &'a TargetArch,
 
}
 

	
 
pub struct Parser {
 
    // Storage of all information created/gathered during compilation.
 
    pub(crate) heap: Heap,
 
    pub(crate) string_pool: StringPool, // Do not deallocate, holds all strings
 
    pub(crate) modules: Vec<Module>,
 
    pub(crate) symbol_table: SymbolTable,
 
    pub(crate) type_table: TypeTable,
 
    // Compiler passes, used as little state machine that keep their memory
 
    // around.
 
    pass_tokenizer: PassTokenizer,
 
    pass_symbols: PassSymbols,
 
    pass_import: PassImport,
 
    pass_definitions: PassDefinitions,
 
    pass_validation: PassValidationLinking,
 
    pass_typing: PassTyping,
 
    // Compiler options
 
    pub write_ast_to: Option<String>,
 
    pub(crate) arch: TargetArch,
 
}
 

	
 
impl Parser {
 
    pub fn new() -> Self {
 
        let mut parser = Parser{
 
            heap: Heap::new(),
 
            string_pool: StringPool::new(),
 
            modules: Vec::new(),
 
            symbol_table: SymbolTable::new(),
 
            type_table: TypeTable::new(),
 
            pass_tokenizer: PassTokenizer::new(),
 
            pass_symbols: PassSymbols::new(),
 
            pass_import: PassImport::new(),
 
            pass_definitions: PassDefinitions::new(),
 
            pass_validation: PassValidationLinking::new(),
 
            pass_typing: PassTyping::new(),
 
            write_ast_to: None,
 
            arch: TargetArch {
 
                array_size_alignment: (3*8, 8), // pointer, length, capacity
 
                slice_size_alignment: (2*8, 8), // pointer, length
 
                string_size_alignment: (3*8, 8), // pointer, length, capacity
 
                port_size_alignment: (3*4, 4), // two u32s: connector + port ID
 
                pointer_size_alignment: (8, 8),
 
            }
 
        };
 

	
 
        parser.symbol_table.insert_scope(None, SymbolScope::Global);
 

	
 
        fn quick_type(variants: &[ParserTypeVariant]) -> ParserType {
 
            let mut t = ParserType{ elements: Vec::with_capacity(variants.len()), full_span: InputSpan::new() };
 
            for variant in variants {
 
                t.elements.push(ParserTypeElement{ element_span: InputSpan::new(), variant: variant.clone() });
 
            }
 
            t
 
        }
 

	
 
        use ParserTypeVariant as PTV;
 
        insert_builtin_function(&mut parser, "get", &["T"], |id| (
 
            vec![
 
                ("input", quick_type(&[PTV::Input, PTV::PolymorphicArgument(id.upcast(), 0)]))
 
            ],
 
            quick_type(&[PTV::PolymorphicArgument(id.upcast(), 0)])
 
        ));
 
        insert_builtin_function(&mut parser, "put", &["T"], |id| (
 
            vec![
 
                ("output", quick_type(&[PTV::Output, PTV::PolymorphicArgument(id.upcast(), 0)])),
 
                ("value", quick_type(&[PTV::PolymorphicArgument(id.upcast(), 0)])),
 
            ],
 
@@ -146,95 +167,102 @@ impl Parser {
 

	
 
    pub fn feed(&mut self, mut source: InputSource) -> Result<(), ParseError> {
 
        // TODO: @Optimize
 
        let mut token_buffer = TokenBuffer::new();
 
        self.pass_tokenizer.tokenize(&mut source, &mut token_buffer)?;
 

	
 
        let module = Module{
 
            source,
 
            tokens: token_buffer,
 
            root_id: RootId::new_invalid(),
 
            name: None,
 
            version: None,
 
            phase: ModuleCompilationPhase::Tokenized,
 
        };
 
        self.modules.push(module);
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    pub fn parse(&mut self) -> Result<(), ParseError> {
 
        let mut pass_ctx = PassCtx{
 
            heap: &mut self.heap,
 
            symbols: &mut self.symbol_table,
 
            pool: &mut self.string_pool,
 
            arch: &self.arch,
 
        };
 

	
 
        // Advance all modules to the phase where all symbols are scanned
 
        for module_idx in 0..self.modules.len() {
 
            self.pass_symbols.parse(&mut self.modules, module_idx, &mut pass_ctx)?;
 
        }
 

	
 
        // With all symbols scanned, perform further compilation until we can
 
        // add all base types to the type table.
 
        for module_idx in 0..self.modules.len() {
 
            self.pass_import.parse(&mut self.modules, module_idx, &mut pass_ctx)?;
 
            self.pass_definitions.parse(&mut self.modules, module_idx, &mut pass_ctx)?;
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Add every known type to the type table
 
        self.type_table.build_base_types(&mut self.modules, &mut pass_ctx)?;
 

	
 
        // Continue compilation with the remaining phases now that the types
 
        // are all in the type table
 
        for module_idx in 0..self.modules.len() {
 
            let mut ctx = visitor::Ctx{
 
                heap: &mut self.heap,
 
                module: &mut self.modules[module_idx],
 
                modules: &mut self.modules,
 
                module_idx,
 
                symbols: &mut self.symbol_table,
 
                types: &mut self.type_table,
 
                arch: &self.arch,
 
            };
 
            self.pass_validation.visit_module(&mut ctx)?;
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Perform typechecking on all modules
 
        let mut queue = ResolveQueue::new();
 
        for module in &mut self.modules {
 
        for module_idx in 0..self.modules.len() {
 
            let mut ctx = visitor::Ctx{
 
                heap: &mut self.heap,
 
                module,
 
                modules: &mut self.modules,
 
                module_idx,
 
                symbols: &mut self.symbol_table,
 
                types: &mut self.type_table,
 
                arch: &self.arch,
 
            };
 
            PassTyping::queue_module_definitions(&mut ctx, &mut queue);
 
        };
 
        while !queue.is_empty() {
 
            let top = queue.pop().unwrap();
 
            let mut ctx = visitor::Ctx{
 
                heap: &mut self.heap,
 
                module: &mut self.modules[top.root_id.index as usize],
 
                modules: &mut self.modules,
 
                module_idx: top.root_id.index as usize,
 
                symbols: &mut self.symbol_table,
 
                types: &mut self.type_table,
 
                arch: &self.arch,
 
            };
 
            self.pass_typing.handle_module_definition(&mut ctx, &mut queue, top)?;
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Write out desired information
 
        if let Some(filename) = &self.write_ast_to {
 
            let mut writer = ASTWriter::new();
 
            let mut file = std::fs::File::create(std::path::Path::new(filename)).unwrap();
 
            writer.write_ast(&mut file, &self.heap);
 
        }
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
// Note: args and return type need to be a function because we need to know the function ID.
 
fn insert_builtin_function<T: Fn(FunctionDefinitionId) -> (Vec<(&'static str, ParserType)>, ParserType)> (
 
    p: &mut Parser, func_name: &str, polymorphic: &[&str], arg_and_return_fn: T) {
 

	
 
    let mut poly_vars = Vec::with_capacity(polymorphic.len());
 
    for poly_var in polymorphic {
 
        poly_vars.push(Identifier{ span: InputSpan::new(), value: p.string_pool.intern(poly_var.as_bytes()) });
 
    }
 

	
src/protocol/parser/pass_definitions.rs
Show inline comments
 
@@ -201,52 +201,52 @@ impl PassDefinitions {
 
        // Parse union definition
 
        consume_polymorphic_vars_spilled(&module.source, iter, ctx)?;
 

	
 
        let mut variants_section = self.union_variants.start_section();
 
        consume_comma_separated(
 
            TokenKind::OpenCurly, TokenKind::CloseCurly, &module.source, iter, ctx,
 
            |source, iter, ctx| {
 
                let identifier = consume_ident_interned(source, iter, ctx)?;
 
                let mut close_pos = identifier.span.end;
 

	
 
                let mut types_section = self.parser_types.start_section();
 

	
 
                let has_embedded = maybe_consume_comma_separated(
 
                    TokenKind::OpenParen, TokenKind::CloseParen, source, iter, ctx,
 
                    |source, iter, ctx| {
 
                        let poly_vars = ctx.heap[definition_id].poly_vars();
 
                        consume_parser_type(
 
                            source, iter, &ctx.symbols, &ctx.heap, poly_vars,
 
                            module_scope, definition_id, false, 0
 
                        )
 
                    },
 
                    &mut types_section, "an embedded type", Some(&mut close_pos)
 
                )?;
 
                let value = if has_embedded {
 
                    UnionVariantValue::Embedded(types_section.into_vec())
 
                    types_section.into_vec()
 
                } else {
 
                    types_section.forget();
 
                    UnionVariantValue::None
 
                    Vec::new()
 
                };
 

	
 
                Ok(UnionVariantDefinition{
 
                    span: InputSpan::from_positions(identifier.span.begin, close_pos),
 
                    identifier,
 
                    value
 
                })
 
            },
 
            &mut variants_section, "a union variant", "a list of union variants", None
 
        )?;
 

	
 
        // Transfer to AST
 
        let union_def = ctx.heap[definition_id].as_union_mut();
 
        union_def.variants = variants_section.into_vec();
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_function_definition(
 
        &mut self, module: &Module, iter: &mut TokenIter, ctx: &mut PassCtx
 
    ) -> Result<(), ParseError> {
 
        // Retrieve function name
 
        consume_exact_ident(&module.source, iter, KW_FUNCTION)?;
 
        let (ident_text, _) = consume_ident(&module.source, iter)?;
src/protocol/parser/pass_typing.rs
Show inline comments
 
@@ -538,56 +538,57 @@ impl InferenceType {
 
            if part_a.is_marker() { idx_a += 1; continue; }
 
            if part_b.is_marker() { idx_b += 1; continue; }
 

	
 
            if let Some(depth_change) = Self::check_part_for_single_type(
 
                type_parts_a, &mut idx_a, type_parts_b, &mut idx_b
 
            ) {
 
                depth += depth_change;
 
                continue;
 
            }
 
            if let Some(depth_change) = Self::check_part_for_single_type(
 
                type_parts_b, &mut idx_b, type_parts_a, &mut idx_a
 
            ) {
 
                depth += depth_change;
 
                continue;
 
            }
 

	
 
            return false;
 
        }
 

	
 
        true
 
    }
 

	
 
    /// Performs the conversion of the inference type into a concrete type.
 
    /// By calling this function you must make sure that no unspecified types
 
    /// (e.g. Unknown or IntegerLike) exist in the type.
 
    /// (e.g. Unknown or IntegerLike) exist in the type. Will not clear or check
 
    /// if the supplied `ConcreteType` is empty, will simply append to the parts
 
    /// vector.
 
    fn write_concrete_type(&self, concrete_type: &mut ConcreteType) {
 
        use InferenceTypePart as ITP;
 
        use ConcreteTypePart as CTP;
 

	
 
        // Make sure inference type is specified but concrete type is not yet specified
 
        debug_assert!(!self.parts.is_empty());
 
        debug_assert!(concrete_type.parts.is_empty());
 
        concrete_type.parts.reserve(self.parts.len());
 

	
 
        let mut idx = 0;
 
        while idx < self.parts.len() {
 
            let part = &self.parts[idx];
 
            let converted_part = match part {
 
                ITP::Marker(_) => {
 
                    // Markers are removed when writing to the concrete type.
 
                    idx += 1;
 
                    continue;
 
                },
 
                ITP::Unknown | ITP::NumberLike |
 
                ITP::IntegerLike | ITP::ArrayLike | ITP::PortLike => {
 
                    // Should not happen if type inferencing works correctly: we
 
                    // should have returned a programmer-readable error or have
 
                    // inferred all types.
 
                    unreachable!("attempted to convert inference type part {:?} into concrete type", part);
 
                },
 
                ITP::Void => CTP::Void,
 
                ITP::Message => CTP::Message,
 
                ITP::Bool => CTP::Bool,
 
                ITP::UInt8 => CTP::UInt8,
 
                ITP::UInt16 => CTP::UInt16,
 
                ITP::UInt32 => CTP::UInt32,
 
@@ -786,64 +787,56 @@ impl DualInferenceResult {
 
}
 

	
 
#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 
enum SingleInferenceResult {
 
    Unmodified,
 
    Modified,
 
    Incompatible
 
}
 

	
 
enum DefinitionType{
 
    Component(ComponentDefinitionId),
 
    Function(FunctionDefinitionId),
 
}
 

	
 
impl DefinitionType {
 
    fn definition_id(&self) -> DefinitionId {
 
        match self {
 
            DefinitionType::Component(v) => v.upcast(),
 
            DefinitionType::Function(v) => v.upcast(),
 
        }
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
pub(crate) struct ResolveQueueElement {
 
    // Note that using the `definition_id` and the `monomorph_idx` one may
 
    // query the type table for the full procedure type, thereby retrieving
 
    // the polymorphic arguments to the procedure.
 
    pub(crate) root_id: RootId,
 
    pub(crate) definition_id: DefinitionId,
 
    pub(crate) monomorph_types: Vec<ConcreteType>,
 
    pub(crate) reserved_monomorph_idx: i32,
 
}
 

	
 
impl PartialEq for ResolveQueueElement {
 
    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
 
        return
 
            self.root_id == other.root_id &&
 
            self.definition_id == other.definition_id &&
 
            self.monomorph_types == other.monomorph_types;
 
    }
 
}
 
impl Eq for ResolveQueueElement {}
 

	
 
pub(crate) type ResolveQueue = Vec<ResolveQueueElement>;
 

	
 
#[derive(Clone)]
 
struct InferenceExpression {
 
    expr_type: InferenceType,       // result type from expression
 
    expr_id: ExpressionId,          // expression that is evaluated
 
    field_or_monomorph_idx: i32,    // index of field, of index of monomorph array in type table
 
    extra_data_idx: i32,     // index of extra data needed for inference
 
}
 

	
 
impl Default for InferenceExpression {
 
    fn default() -> Self {
 
        Self{
 
            expr_type: InferenceType::default(),
 
            expr_id: ExpressionId::new_invalid(),
 
            field_or_monomorph_idx: -1,
 
            extra_data_idx: -1,
 
        }
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
/// This particular visitor will recurse depth-first into the AST and ensures
 
/// that all expressions have the appropriate types.
 
pub(crate) struct PassTyping {
 
@@ -906,84 +899,107 @@ impl VarData {
 
    }
 
    fn new_local(var_type: InferenceType) -> Self {
 
        Self{ var_type, used_at: Vec::new(), linked_var: None }
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
impl PassTyping {
 
    pub(crate) fn new() -> Self {
 
        PassTyping {
 
            reserved_idx: -1,
 
            definition_type: DefinitionType::Function(FunctionDefinitionId::new_invalid()),
 
            poly_vars: Vec::new(),
 
            stmt_buffer: Vec::with_capacity(STMT_BUFFER_INIT_CAPACITY),
 
            expr_buffer: Vec::with_capacity(EXPR_BUFFER_INIT_CAPACITY),
 
            var_types: HashMap::new(),
 
            expr_types: Vec::new(),
 
            extra_data: Vec::new(),
 
            expr_queued: DequeSet::new(),
 
        }
 
    }
 

	
 
    // TODO: @cleanup Unsure about this, maybe a pattern will arise after
 
    //  a while.
 
    pub(crate) fn queue_module_definitions(ctx: &mut Ctx, queue: &mut ResolveQueue) {
 
        debug_assert_eq!(ctx.module.phase, ModuleCompilationPhase::ValidatedAndLinked);
 
        let root_id = ctx.module.root_id;
 
        debug_assert_eq!(ctx.module().phase, ModuleCompilationPhase::ValidatedAndLinked);
 
        let root_id = ctx.module().root_id;
 
        let root = &ctx.heap.protocol_descriptions[root_id];
 
        for definition_id in &root.definitions {
 
            let definition = &ctx.heap[*definition_id];
 

	
 
            let should_add_to_queue = match definition {
 
                Definition::Function(definition) => definition.poly_vars.is_empty(),
 
                Definition::Component(definition) => definition.poly_vars.is_empty(),
 
                Definition::Enum(_) | Definition::Struct(_) | Definition::Union(_) => false,
 
            let first_concrete_part = match definition {
 
                Definition::Function(definition) => {
 
                    if definition.poly_vars.is_empty() {
 
                        Some(ConcreteTypePart::Function(*definition_id, 0))
 
                    } else {
 
                        None
 
                    }
 
                }
 
                Definition::Component(definition) => {
 
                    if definition.poly_vars.is_empty() {
 
                        Some(ConcreteTypePart::Component(*definition_id, 0))
 
                    } else {
 
                        None
 
                    }
 
                },
 
                Definition::Enum(_) | Definition::Struct(_) | Definition::Union(_) => None,
 
            };
 

	
 
            if should_add_to_queue {
 
                let reserved_idx = ctx.types.reserve_procedure_monomorph_index(definition_id, None);
 
            if let Some(first_concrete_part) = first_concrete_part {
 
                let concrete_type = ConcreteType{ parts: vec![first_concrete_part] };
 
                let reserved_idx = ctx.types.reserve_procedure_monomorph_index(definition_id, concrete_type);
 
                queue.push(ResolveQueueElement{
 
                    root_id,
 
                    definition_id: *definition_id,
 
                    monomorph_types: Vec::new(),
 
                    reserved_monomorph_idx: reserved_idx,
 
                })
 
            }
 
        }
 
    }
 

	
 
    pub(crate) fn handle_module_definition(
 
        &mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, queue: &mut ResolveQueue, element: ResolveQueueElement
 
    ) -> VisitorResult {
 
        // Visit the definition
 
        debug_assert_eq!(ctx.module.root_id, element.root_id);
 
        self.reset();
 
        debug_assert_eq!(ctx.module().root_id, element.root_id);
 
        debug_assert!(self.poly_vars.is_empty());
 

	
 
        // Prepare for visiting the definition
 
        self.reserved_idx = element.reserved_monomorph_idx;
 
        self.poly_vars = element.monomorph_types;
 
        self.visit_definition(ctx, element.definition_id)?;
 

	
 
        // Keep resolving types
 
        let proc_base = ctx.types.get_base_definition(&element.definition_id).unwrap();
 
        if proc_base.is_polymorph {
 
            let proc_monos = proc_base.definition.procedure_monomorphs();
 
            let proc_mono = &(*proc_monos)[element.reserved_monomorph_idx as usize];
 

	
 
            for poly_arg in proc_mono.concrete_type.embedded_iter(0) {
 
                self.poly_vars.push(ConcreteType{ parts: Vec::from(poly_arg) });
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Visit the definition, setting up the type resolving process, then
 
        // (attempt to) resolve all types
 
        self.visit_definition(ctx, element.definition_id)?;
 
        self.resolve_types(ctx, queue)?;
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn reset(&mut self) {
 
        self.reserved_idx = -1;
 
        self.definition_type = DefinitionType::Function(FunctionDefinitionId::new_invalid());
 
        self.poly_vars.clear();
 
        self.stmt_buffer.clear();
 
        self.expr_buffer.clear();
 
        self.var_types.clear();
 
        self.expr_types.clear();
 
        self.extra_data.clear();
 
        self.expr_queued.clear();
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
impl Visitor for PassTyping {
 
    // Definitions
 

	
 
    fn visit_component_definition(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: ComponentDefinitionId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        self.definition_type = DefinitionType::Component(id);
 

	
 
        let comp_def = &ctx.heap[id];
 
@@ -1370,178 +1386,197 @@ impl Visitor for PassTyping {
 
            var_data.used_at.push(upcast_id);
 
        }
 

	
 
        self.progress_variable_expr(ctx, id)
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
impl PassTyping {
 
    #[allow(dead_code)] // used when debug flag at the top of this file is true.
 
    fn debug_get_display_name(&self, ctx: &Ctx, expr_id: ExpressionId) -> String {
 
        let expr_idx = ctx.heap[expr_id].get_unique_id_in_definition();
 
        let expr_type = &self.expr_types[expr_idx as usize].expr_type;
 
        expr_type.display_name(&ctx.heap)
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn resolve_types(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, queue: &mut ResolveQueue) -> Result<(), ParseError> {
 
        // Keep inferring until we can no longer make any progress
 
        while !self.expr_queued.is_empty() {
 
            let next_expr_idx = self.expr_queued.pop_front().unwrap();
 
            self.progress_expr(ctx, next_expr_idx)?;
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Helper for transferring polymorphic variables to concrete types and
 
        // checking if they're completely specified
 
        fn poly_inference_to_concrete_type(
 
            ctx: &Ctx, expr_id: ExpressionId, inference: &Vec<InferenceType>
 
        ) -> Result<Vec<ConcreteType>, ParseError> {
 
            let mut concrete = Vec::with_capacity(inference.len());
 
        fn inference_type_to_concrete_type(
 
            ctx: &Ctx, expr_id: ExpressionId, inference: &Vec<InferenceType>,
 
            first_concrete_part: ConcreteTypePart,
 
        ) -> Result<ConcreteType, ParseError> {
 
            // Prepare storage vector
 
            let mut num_inference_parts = 0;
 
            for inference_type in inference {
 
                num_inference_parts += inference_type.parts.len();
 
            }
 

	
 
            let mut concrete_type = ConcreteType{
 
                parts: Vec::with_capacity(1 + num_inference_parts),
 
            };
 
            concrete_type.parts.push(first_concrete_part);
 

	
 
            // Go through all polymorphic arguments and add them to the concrete
 
            // types.
 
            for (poly_idx, poly_type) in inference.iter().enumerate() {
 
                if !poly_type.is_done {
 
                    let expr = &ctx.heap[expr_id];
 
                    let definition = match expr {
 
                        Expression::Call(expr) => expr.definition,
 
                        Expression::Literal(expr) => match &expr.value {
 
                            Literal::Enum(lit) => lit.definition,
 
                            Literal::Union(lit) => lit.definition,
 
                            Literal::Struct(lit) => lit.definition,
 
                            _ => unreachable!()
 
                        },
 
                        _ => unreachable!(),
 
                    };
 
                    let poly_vars = ctx.heap[definition].poly_vars();
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, expr.operation_span(), format!(
 
                        &ctx.module().source, expr.operation_span(), format!(
 
                            "could not fully infer the type of polymorphic variable '{}' of this expression (got '{}')",
 
                            poly_vars[poly_idx].value.as_str(), poly_type.display_name(&ctx.heap)
 
                        )
 
                    ));
 
                }
 

	
 
                let mut concrete_type = ConcreteType::default();
 
                poly_type.write_concrete_type(&mut concrete_type);
 
                concrete.push(concrete_type);
 
            }
 

	
 
            Ok(concrete)
 
            Ok(concrete_type)
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Inference is now done. But we may still have uninferred types. So we
 
        // check for these.
 
        for (infer_expr_idx, infer_expr) in self.expr_types.iter_mut().enumerate() {
 
            let expr_type = &mut infer_expr.expr_type;
 
            if !expr_type.is_done {
 
                // Auto-infer numberlike/integerlike types to a regular int
 
                if expr_type.parts.len() == 1 && expr_type.parts[0] == InferenceTypePart::IntegerLike {
 
                    expr_type.parts[0] = InferenceTypePart::SInt32;
 
                    self.expr_queued.push_back(infer_expr_idx as i32);
 
                } else {
 
                    let expr = &ctx.heap[infer_expr.expr_id];
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, expr.full_span(), format!(
 
                        &ctx.module().source, expr.full_span(), format!(
 
                            "could not fully infer the type of this expression (got '{}')",
 
                            expr_type.display_name(&ctx.heap)
 
                        )
 
                    ));
 
                }
 
            }
 

	
 
            // Expression is fine, check if any extra data is attached
 
            if infer_expr.extra_data_idx < 0 { continue; }
 

	
 
            // Extra data is attached, perform typechecking and transfer
 
            // resolved information to the expression
 
            let extra_data = &self.extra_data[infer_expr.extra_data_idx as usize];
 
            if extra_data.poly_vars.is_empty() { continue; }
 

	
 
            // Note that only call and literal expressions need full inference.
 
            // Select expressions also use `extra_data`, but only for temporary
 
            // storage of the struct type whose field it is selecting.
 
            match &ctx.heap[extra_data.expr_id] {
 
                Expression::Call(expr) => {
 
                    if expr.method != Method::UserFunction && expr.method != Method::UserComponent {
 
                    // Check if it is not a builtin function. If not, then
 
                    // construct the first part of the concrete type.
 
                    let first_concrete_part = if expr.method == Method::UserFunction {
 
                        ConcreteTypePart::Function(expr.definition, extra_data.poly_vars.len() as u32)
 
                    } else if expr.method == Method::UserComponent {
 
                        ConcreteTypePart::Component(expr.definition, extra_data.poly_vars.len() as u32)
 
                    } else {
 
                        // Builtin function
 
                        continue;
 
                    }
 
                    };
 

	
 
                    let definition_id = expr.definition;
 
                    let poly_types = poly_inference_to_concrete_type(ctx, extra_data.expr_id, &extra_data.poly_vars)?;
 
                    let concrete_type = inference_type_to_concrete_type(
 
                        ctx, extra_data.expr_id, &extra_data.poly_vars, first_concrete_part
 
                    )?;
 

	
 
                    match ctx.types.get_procedure_monomorph_index(&definition_id, &poly_types) {
 
                    match ctx.types.get_procedure_monomorph_index(&definition_id, &concrete_type) {
 
                        Some(reserved_idx) => {
 
                            // Already typechecked, or already put into the resolve queue
 
                            infer_expr.field_or_monomorph_idx = reserved_idx;
 
                        },
 
                        None => {
 
                            // Not typechecked yet, so add an entry in the queue
 
                            let reserved_idx = ctx.types.reserve_procedure_monomorph_index(&definition_id, Some(poly_types.clone()));
 
                            let reserved_idx = ctx.types.reserve_procedure_monomorph_index(&definition_id, concrete_type);
 
                            infer_expr.field_or_monomorph_idx = reserved_idx;
 
                            queue.push(ResolveQueueElement{
 
                                root_id: ctx.heap[definition_id].defined_in(),
 
                                definition_id,
 
                                monomorph_types: poly_types,
 
                                reserved_monomorph_idx: reserved_idx,
 
                            });
 
                        }
 
                    }
 
                },
 
                Expression::Literal(expr) => {
 
                    let definition_id = match &expr.value {
 
                        Literal::Enum(lit) => lit.definition,
 
                        Literal::Union(lit) => lit.definition,
 
                        Literal::Struct(lit) => lit.definition,
 
                        _ => unreachable!(),
 
                    };
 

	
 
                    let poly_types = poly_inference_to_concrete_type(ctx, extra_data.expr_id, &extra_data.poly_vars)?;
 
                    let mono_index = ctx.types.add_data_monomorph(&definition_id, poly_types);
 
                    let first_concrete_part = ConcreteTypePart::Instance(definition_id, extra_data.poly_vars.len() as u32);
 
                    let concrete_type = inference_type_to_concrete_type(
 
                        ctx, extra_data.expr_id, &extra_data.poly_vars, first_concrete_part
 
                    )?;
 
                    let mono_index = ctx.types.add_data_monomorph(ctx.modules, ctx.heap, ctx.arch, definition_id, concrete_type)?;
 
                    infer_expr.field_or_monomorph_idx = mono_index;
 
                },
 
                Expression::Select(_) => {
 
                    debug_assert!(infer_expr.field_or_monomorph_idx >= 0);
 
                },
 
                _ => {
 
                    unreachable!("handling extra data for expression {:?}", &ctx.heap[extra_data.expr_id]);
 
                }
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        // If we did any implicit type forcing, then our queue isn't empty
 
        // anymore
 
        while !self.expr_queued.is_empty() {
 
            let expr_idx = self.expr_queued.pop_back().unwrap();
 
            self.progress_expr(ctx, expr_idx)?;
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Every expression checked, and new monomorphs are queued. Transfer the
 
        // expression information to the type table.
 
        let definition_id = match &self.definition_type {
 
            DefinitionType::Component(id) => id.upcast(),
 
            DefinitionType::Function(id) => id.upcast(),
 
        };
 

	
 
        let target = ctx.types.get_procedure_expression_data_mut(&definition_id, self.reserved_idx);
 
        debug_assert!(target.poly_args == self.poly_vars);
 
        debug_assert!(target.expr_data.is_empty()); // makes sure we never queue something twice
 

	
 
        target.expr_data.reserve(self.expr_types.len());
 
        for infer_expr in self.expr_types.iter() {
 
            let mut concrete = ConcreteType::default();
 
            infer_expr.expr_type.write_concrete_type(&mut concrete);
 
            target.expr_data.push(MonomorphExpression{
 
                expr_type: concrete,
 
                field_or_monomorph_idx: infer_expr.field_or_monomorph_idx
 
            });
 
        }
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn progress_expr(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, idx: i32) -> Result<(), ParseError> {
 
        let id = self.expr_types[idx as usize].expr_id; // TODO: @Temp
 
        match &ctx.heap[id] {
 
            Expression::Assignment(expr) => {
 
                let id = expr.this;
 
                self.progress_assignment_expr(ctx, id)
 
            },
 
            Expression::Binding(expr) => {
 
                let id = expr.this;
 
@@ -1972,89 +2007,89 @@ impl PassTyping {
 
                } else {
 
                    // Expected an instance of something
 
                    return Err(())
 
                }
 
            }
 

	
 
            // Nothing is concrete yet
 
            Ok(None)
 
        }
 

	
 
        if infer_expr.field_or_monomorph_idx < 0 {
 
            // We don't know the field or the definition it is pointing to yet
 
            // Not yet known, check if we can determine it
 
            let subject_type = &self.expr_types[subject_expr_idx as usize].expr_type;
 
            let type_def = determine_inference_type_instance(&ctx.types, subject_type);
 

	
 
            match type_def {
 
                Ok(Some(type_def)) => {
 
                    // Subject type is known, check if it is a
 
                    // struct and the field exists on the struct
 
                    let struct_def = if let DefinedTypeVariant::Struct(struct_def) = &type_def.definition {
 
                        struct_def
 
                    } else {
 
                        return Err(ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                            &ctx.module.source, select_expr.field_name.span, format!(
 
                            &ctx.module().source, select_expr.field_name.span, format!(
 
                                "Can only apply field access to structs, got a subject of type '{}'",
 
                                subject_type.display_name(&ctx.heap)
 
                            )
 
                        ));
 
                    };
 

	
 
                    let mut struct_def_id = None;
 

	
 
                    for (field_def_idx, field_def) in struct_def.fields.iter().enumerate() {
 
                        if field_def.identifier == select_expr.field_name {
 
                            // Set field definition and index
 
                            let infer_expr = &mut self.expr_types[expr_idx as usize];
 
                            infer_expr.field_or_monomorph_idx = field_def_idx as i32;
 
                            struct_def_id = Some(type_def.ast_definition);
 
                            break;
 
                        }
 
                    }
 

	
 
                    if struct_def_id.is_none() {
 
                        let ast_struct_def = ctx.heap[type_def.ast_definition].as_struct();
 
                        return Err(ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                            &ctx.module.source, select_expr.field_name.span, format!(
 
                            &ctx.module().source, select_expr.field_name.span, format!(
 
                                "this field does not exist on the struct '{}'",
 
                                ast_struct_def.identifier.value.as_str()
 
                            )
 
                        ))
 
                    }
 

	
 
                    // Encountered definition and field index for the
 
                    // first time
 
                    self.insert_initial_select_polymorph_data(ctx, id, struct_def_id.unwrap());
 
                },
 
                Ok(None) => {
 
                    // Type of subject is not yet known, so we
 
                    // cannot make any progress yet
 
                    return Ok(())
 
                },
 
                Err(()) => {
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, select_expr.field_name.span, format!(
 
                        &ctx.module().source, select_expr.field_name.span, format!(
 
                            "Can only apply field access to structs, got a subject of type '{}'",
 
                            subject_type.display_name(&ctx.heap)
 
                        )
 
                    ));
 
                }
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        // If here then field index is known, and the referenced struct type
 
        // information is inserted into `extra_data`. Check to see if we can
 
        // do some mutual inference.
 
        let poly_data = &mut self.extra_data[extra_idx as usize];
 
        let mut poly_progress = HashSet::new();
 

	
 
        // Apply to struct's type
 
        let signature_type: *mut _ = &mut poly_data.embedded[0];
 
        let subject_type: *mut _ = &mut self.expr_types[subject_expr_idx as usize].expr_type;
 

	
 
        let (_, progress_subject) = Self::apply_equal2_signature_constraint(
 
            ctx, upcast_id, Some(subject_id), poly_data, &mut poly_progress,
 
            signature_type, 0, subject_type, 0
 
        )?;
 

	
 
        if progress_subject {
 
@@ -2438,51 +2473,51 @@ impl PassTyping {
 
        // Valid casts: (bool, integer, character) can always be cast to one
 
        // another. A cast from a type to itself is also valid.
 
        fn is_bool_int_or_char(parts: &[InferenceTypePart]) -> bool {
 
            return parts.len() == 1 && (
 
                parts[0] == InferenceTypePart::Bool ||
 
                parts[0] == InferenceTypePart::Character ||
 
                parts[0].is_concrete_integer()
 
            );
 
        }
 

	
 
        let is_valid = if is_bool_int_or_char(&expr_type.parts) && is_bool_int_or_char(&subject_type.parts) {
 
            true
 
        } else if expr_type.parts == subject_type.parts {
 
            true
 
        } else {
 
            false
 
        };
 

	
 
        debug_log!("   - Casting is valid: {}", is_valid);
 

	
 
        if !is_valid {
 
            let cast_expr = &ctx.heap[id];
 
            let subject_expr = &ctx.heap[cast_expr.subject];
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, cast_expr.full_span, "invalid casting operation"
 
                &ctx.module().source, cast_expr.full_span, "invalid casting operation"
 
            ).with_info_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, subject_expr.full_span(), format!(
 
                &ctx.module().source, subject_expr.full_span(), format!(
 
                    "cannot cast the argument type '{}' to the cast type '{}'",
 
                    subject_type.display_name(&ctx.heap),
 
                    expr_type.display_name(&ctx.heap)
 
                )
 
            ));
 
        }
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    // TODO: @cleanup, see how this can be cleaned up once I implement
 
    //  polymorphic struct/enum/union literals. These likely follow the same
 
    //  pattern as here.
 
    fn progress_call_expr(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: CallExpressionId) -> Result<(), ParseError> {
 
        let upcast_id = id.upcast();
 
        let expr = &ctx.heap[id];
 
        let expr_idx = expr.unique_id_in_definition;
 
        let extra_idx = self.expr_types[expr_idx as usize].extra_data_idx;
 

	
 
        debug_log!("Call expr '{}': {}", ctx.heap[expr.definition].identifier().value.as_str(), upcast_id.index);
 
        debug_log!(" * Before:");
 
        debug_log!("   - Expr type: {}", self.debug_get_display_name(ctx, upcast_id));
 
        debug_log!(" * During (inferring types from arguments and return type):");
 

	
 
@@ -2588,54 +2623,54 @@ impl PassTyping {
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn progress_variable_expr(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: VariableExpressionId) -> Result<(), ParseError> {
 
        let upcast_id = id.upcast();
 
        let var_expr = &ctx.heap[id];
 
        let var_expr_idx = var_expr.unique_id_in_definition;
 
        let var_id = var_expr.declaration.unwrap();
 

	
 
        debug_log!("Variable expr '{}': {}", ctx.heap[var_id].identifier.value.as_str(), upcast_id.index);
 
        debug_log!(" * Before:");
 
        debug_log!("   - Var  type: {}", self.var_types.get(&var_id).unwrap().var_type.display_name(&ctx.heap));
 
        debug_log!("   - Expr type: {}", self.debug_get_display_name(ctx, upcast_id));
 

	
 
        // Retrieve shared variable type and expression type and apply inference
 
        let var_data = self.var_types.get_mut(&var_id).unwrap();
 
        let expr_type = &mut self.expr_types[var_expr_idx as usize].expr_type;
 

	
 
        let infer_res = unsafe{ InferenceType::infer_subtrees_for_both_types(
 
            &mut var_data.var_type as *mut _, 0, expr_type, 0
 
        ) };
 
        if infer_res == DualInferenceResult::Incompatible {
 
            let var_decl = &ctx.heap[var_id];
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, var_decl.identifier.span, format!(
 
                &ctx.module().source, var_decl.identifier.span, format!(
 
                    "Conflicting types for this variable, previously assigned the type '{}'",
 
                    var_data.var_type.display_name(&ctx.heap)
 
                )
 
            ).with_info_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, var_expr.identifier.span, format!(
 
                &ctx.module().source, var_expr.identifier.span, format!(
 
                    "But inferred to have incompatible type '{}' here",
 
                    expr_type.display_name(&ctx.heap)
 
                )
 
            ))
 
        }
 

	
 
        let progress_var = infer_res.modified_lhs();
 
        let progress_expr = infer_res.modified_rhs();
 

	
 
        if progress_var {
 
            // Let other variable expressions using this type progress as well
 
            for other_expr in var_data.used_at.iter() {
 
                if *other_expr != upcast_id {
 
                    let other_expr_idx = ctx.heap[*other_expr].get_unique_id_in_definition();
 
                    self.expr_queued.push_back(other_expr_idx);
 
                }
 
            }
 

	
 
            // Let a linked port know that our type has updated
 
            if let Some(linked_id) = var_data.linked_var {
 
                // Only perform one-way inference to prevent updating our type,
 
                // this would lead to an inconsistency in the type inference
 
                // algorithm otherwise.
 
                let var_type: *mut _ = &mut var_data.var_type;
 
@@ -2643,54 +2678,54 @@ impl PassTyping {
 

	
 
                debug_assert!(
 
                    unsafe{&*var_type}.parts[0] == InferenceTypePart::Input ||
 
                    unsafe{&*var_type}.parts[0] == InferenceTypePart::Output
 
                );
 
                debug_assert!(
 
                    link_data.var_type.parts[0] == InferenceTypePart::Input ||
 
                    link_data.var_type.parts[0] == InferenceTypePart::Output
 
                );
 
                match InferenceType::infer_subtree_for_single_type(&mut link_data.var_type, 1, &unsafe{&*var_type}.parts, 1, false) {
 
                    SingleInferenceResult::Modified => {
 
                        for other_expr in &link_data.used_at {
 
                            let other_expr_idx = ctx.heap[*other_expr].get_unique_id_in_definition();
 
                            self.expr_queued.push_back(other_expr_idx);
 
                        }
 
                    },
 
                    SingleInferenceResult::Unmodified => {},
 
                    SingleInferenceResult::Incompatible => {
 
                        let var_data = self.var_types.get(&var_id).unwrap();
 
                        let link_data = self.var_types.get(&linked_id).unwrap();
 
                        let var_decl = &ctx.heap[var_id];
 
                        let link_decl = &ctx.heap[linked_id];
 

	
 
                        return Err(ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                            &ctx.module.source, var_decl.identifier.span, format!(
 
                            &ctx.module().source, var_decl.identifier.span, format!(
 
                                "Conflicting types for this variable, assigned the type '{}'",
 
                                var_data.var_type.display_name(&ctx.heap)
 
                            )
 
                        ).with_info_at_span(
 
                            &ctx.module.source, link_decl.identifier.span, format!(
 
                            &ctx.module().source, link_decl.identifier.span, format!(
 
                                "Because it is incompatible with this variable, assigned the type '{}'",
 
                                link_data.var_type.display_name(&ctx.heap)
 
                            )
 
                        ));
 
                    }
 
                }
 
            }
 
        }
 
        if progress_expr { self.queue_expr_parent(ctx, upcast_id); }
 

	
 
        debug_log!(" * After:");
 
        debug_log!("   - Var  type [{}]: {}", progress_var, self.var_types.get(&var_id).unwrap().var_type.display_name(&ctx.heap));
 
        debug_log!("   - Expr type [{}]: {}", progress_expr, self.debug_get_display_name(ctx, upcast_id));
 

	
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn queue_expr_parent(&mut self, ctx: &Ctx, expr_id: ExpressionId) {
 
        if let ExpressionParent::Expression(parent_expr_id, _) = &ctx.heap[expr_id].parent() {
 
            let expr_idx = ctx.heap[*parent_expr_id].get_unique_id_in_definition();
 
            self.expr_queued.push_back(expr_idx);
 
        }
 
    }
 
@@ -2807,52 +2842,52 @@ impl PassTyping {
 
    ) -> Result<(bool, bool), ParseError> {
 
        // Safety: all pointers distinct
 

	
 
        // Infer the signature and expression type
 
        let infer_res = unsafe { 
 
            InferenceType::infer_subtrees_for_both_types(
 
                signature_type, signature_start_idx,
 
                expression_type, expression_start_idx
 
            ) 
 
        };
 

	
 
        if infer_res == DualInferenceResult::Incompatible {
 
            // TODO: Check if I still need to use this
 
            let outer_span = ctx.heap[outer_expr_id].full_span();
 
            let (span_name, span) = match expr_id {
 
                Some(expr_id) => ("argument's", ctx.heap[expr_id].full_span()),
 
                None => ("type's", outer_span)
 
            };
 
            let (signature_display_type, expression_display_type) = unsafe { (
 
                (&*signature_type).display_name(&ctx.heap),
 
                (&*expression_type).display_name(&ctx.heap)
 
            ) };
 

	
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, outer_span,
 
                &ctx.module().source, outer_span,
 
                "failed to fully resolve the types of this expression"
 
            ).with_info_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, span, format!(
 
                &ctx.module().source, span, format!(
 
                    "because the {} signature has been resolved to '{}', but the expression has been resolved to '{}'",
 
                    span_name, signature_display_type, expression_display_type
 
                )
 
            ));
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Try to see if we can progress any of the polymorphic variables
 
        let progress_sig = infer_res.modified_lhs();
 
        let progress_expr = infer_res.modified_rhs();
 

	
 
        if progress_sig {
 
            let signature_type = unsafe{&mut *signature_type};
 
            debug_assert!(
 
                signature_type.has_marker,
 
                "made progress on signature type, but it doesn't have a marker"
 
            );
 
            for (poly_idx, poly_section) in signature_type.marker_iter() {
 
                let polymorph_type = &mut polymorph_data.poly_vars[poly_idx as usize];
 
                match Self::apply_template_constraint_to_types(
 
                    polymorph_type, 0, poly_section, 0
 
                ) {
 
                    Ok(true) => { polymorph_progress.insert(poly_idx); },
 
                    Ok(false) => {},
 
                    Err(()) => { return Err(Self::construct_poly_arg_error(ctx, polymorph_data, outer_expr_id))}
 
@@ -3478,139 +3513,144 @@ impl PassTyping {
 
                        has_markers = true;
 
                        has_inferred = true;
 
                        infer_type.push(ITP::Marker(poly_arg_idx));
 
                        infer_type.push(ITP::Unknown)
 
                    }
 
                },
 
                PTV::Definition(definition_id, num_embedded) => {
 
                    infer_type.push(ITP::Instance(*definition_id, *num_embedded));
 
                }
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        InferenceType::new(has_markers, !has_inferred, infer_type)
 
    }
 

	
 
    /// Determines the inference type from an already concrete type. Applies the
 
    /// various type "hacks" inside the type inferencer.
 
    fn determine_inference_type_from_concrete_type(parser_type: &mut Vec<InferenceTypePart>, concrete_type: &[ConcreteTypePart]) {
 
        use InferenceTypePart as ITP;
 
        use ConcreteTypePart as CTP;
 

	
 
        for concrete_part in concrete_type {
 
            match concrete_part {
 
                CTP::Void => parser_type.push(ITP::Void),
 
                CTP::Message => parser_type.push(ITP::Message),
 
                CTP::Message => {
 
                    parser_type.push(ITP::Message);
 
                    parser_type.push(ITP::UInt8)
 
                },
 
                CTP::Bool => parser_type.push(ITP::Bool),
 
                CTP::UInt8 => parser_type.push(ITP::UInt8),
 
                CTP::UInt16 => parser_type.push(ITP::UInt16),
 
                CTP::UInt32 => parser_type.push(ITP::UInt32),
 
                CTP::UInt64 => parser_type.push(ITP::UInt64),
 
                CTP::SInt8 => parser_type.push(ITP::SInt8),
 
                CTP::SInt16 => parser_type.push(ITP::SInt16),
 
                CTP::SInt32 => parser_type.push(ITP::SInt32),
 
                CTP::SInt64 => parser_type.push(ITP::SInt64),
 
                CTP::Character => parser_type.push(ITP::Character),
 
                CTP::String => {
 
                    parser_type.push(ITP::String);
 
                    parser_type.push(ITP::Character)
 
                },
 
                CTP::Array => parser_type.push(ITP::Array),
 
                CTP::Slice => parser_type.push(ITP::Slice),
 
                CTP::Input => parser_type.push(ITP::Input),
 
                CTP::Output => parser_type.push(ITP::Output),
 
                CTP::Instance(id, num) => parser_type.push(ITP::Instance(*id, *num)),
 
                CTP::Function(_, _) => unreachable!("function type during concrete to inference type conversion"),
 
                CTP::Component(_, _) => unreachable!("component type during concrete to inference type conversion"),
 
            }
 
        }
 
    }
 

	
 
    /// Construct an error when an expression's type does not match. This
 
    /// happens if we infer the expression type from its arguments (e.g. the
 
    /// expression type of an addition operator is the type of the arguments)
 
    /// But the expression type was already set due to our parent (e.g. an
 
    /// "if statement" or a "logical not" always expecting a boolean)
 
    fn construct_expr_type_error(
 
        &self, ctx: &Ctx, expr_id: ExpressionId, arg_id: ExpressionId
 
    ) -> ParseError {
 
        // TODO: Expand and provide more meaningful information for humans
 
        let expr = &ctx.heap[expr_id];
 
        let arg_expr = &ctx.heap[arg_id];
 
        let expr_idx = expr.get_unique_id_in_definition();
 
        let arg_expr_idx = arg_expr.get_unique_id_in_definition();
 
        let expr_type = &self.expr_types[expr_idx as usize].expr_type;
 
        let arg_type = &self.expr_types[arg_expr_idx as usize].expr_type;
 

	
 
        return ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
            &ctx.module.source, expr.operation_span(), format!(
 
            &ctx.module().source, expr.operation_span(), format!(
 
                "incompatible types: this expression expected a '{}'",
 
                expr_type.display_name(&ctx.heap)
 
            )
 
        ).with_info_at_span(
 
            &ctx.module.source, arg_expr.full_span(), format!(
 
            &ctx.module().source, arg_expr.full_span(), format!(
 
                "but this expression yields a '{}'",
 
                arg_type.display_name(&ctx.heap)
 
            )
 
        )
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn construct_arg_type_error(
 
        &self, ctx: &Ctx, expr_id: ExpressionId,
 
        arg1_id: ExpressionId, arg2_id: ExpressionId
 
    ) -> ParseError {
 
        let expr = &ctx.heap[expr_id];
 
        let arg1 = &ctx.heap[arg1_id];
 
        let arg2 = &ctx.heap[arg2_id];
 

	
 
        let arg1_idx = arg1.get_unique_id_in_definition();
 
        let arg1_type = &self.expr_types[arg1_idx as usize].expr_type;
 
        let arg2_idx = arg2.get_unique_id_in_definition();
 
        let arg2_type = &self.expr_types[arg2_idx as usize].expr_type;
 

	
 
        return ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
            &ctx.module.source, expr.operation_span(),
 
            &ctx.module().source, expr.operation_span(),
 
            "incompatible types: cannot apply this expression"
 
        ).with_info_at_span(
 
            &ctx.module.source, arg1.full_span(), format!(
 
            &ctx.module().source, arg1.full_span(), format!(
 
                "Because this expression has type '{}'",
 
                arg1_type.display_name(&ctx.heap)
 
            )
 
        ).with_info_at_span(
 
            &ctx.module.source, arg2.full_span(), format!(
 
            &ctx.module().source, arg2.full_span(), format!(
 
                "But this expression has type '{}'",
 
                arg2_type.display_name(&ctx.heap)
 
            )
 
        )
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn construct_template_type_error(
 
        &self, ctx: &Ctx, expr_id: ExpressionId, template: &[InferenceTypePart]
 
    ) -> ParseError {
 
        let expr = &ctx.heap[expr_id];
 
        let expr_idx = expr.get_unique_id_in_definition();
 
        let expr_type = &self.expr_types[expr_idx as usize].expr_type;
 

	
 
        return ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
            &ctx.module.source, expr.full_span(), format!(
 
            &ctx.module().source, expr.full_span(), format!(
 
                "incompatible types: got a '{}' but expected a '{}'",
 
                expr_type.display_name(&ctx.heap), 
 
                InferenceType::partial_display_name(&ctx.heap, template)
 
            )
 
        )
 
    }
 

	
 
    /// Constructs a human interpretable error in the case that type inference
 
    /// on a polymorphic variable to a function call or literal construction 
 
    /// failed. This may only be caused by a pair of inference types (which may 
 
    /// come from arguments or the return type) having two different inferred 
 
    /// values for that polymorphic variable.
 
    ///
 
    /// So we find this pair and construct the error using it.
 
    ///
 
    /// We assume that the expression is a function call or a struct literal,
 
    /// and that an actual error has occurred.
 
    fn construct_poly_arg_error(
 
        ctx: &Ctx, poly_data: &ExtraData, expr_id: ExpressionId
 
    ) -> ParseError {
 
        // Helper function to check for polymorph mismatch between two inference
 
        // types.
 
        fn has_poly_mismatch<'a>(type_a: &'a InferenceType, type_b: &'a InferenceType) -> Option<(u32, &'a [InferenceTypePart], &'a [InferenceTypePart])> {
 
            if !type_a.has_marker || !type_b.has_marker {
 
@@ -3644,198 +3684,198 @@ impl PassTyping {
 
                let poly_section = &poly_vars[marker as usize].parts;
 
                if !InferenceType::check_subtrees(poly_section, 0, section, 0) {
 
                    return Some((marker, poly_section, section))
 
                }
 
            }
 

	
 
            None
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Helpers function to retrieve polyvar name and definition name
 
        fn get_poly_var_and_definition_name<'a>(ctx: &'a Ctx, poly_var_idx: u32, definition_id: DefinitionId) -> (&'a str, &'a str) {
 
            let definition = &ctx.heap[definition_id];
 
            let poly_var = definition.poly_vars()[poly_var_idx as usize].value.as_str();
 
            let func_name = definition.identifier().value.as_str();
 

	
 
            (poly_var, func_name)
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Helper function to construct initial error
 
        fn construct_main_error(ctx: &Ctx, poly_data: &ExtraData, poly_var_idx: u32, expr: &Expression) -> ParseError {
 
            match expr {
 
                Expression::Call(expr) => {
 
                    let (poly_var, func_name) = get_poly_var_and_definition_name(ctx, poly_var_idx, poly_data.definition_id);
 
                    return ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, expr.func_span, format!(
 
                        &ctx.module().source, expr.func_span, format!(
 
                            "Conflicting type for polymorphic variable '{}' of '{}'",
 
                            poly_var, func_name
 
                        )
 
                    )
 
                },
 
                Expression::Literal(expr) => {
 
                    let (poly_var, type_name) = get_poly_var_and_definition_name(ctx, poly_var_idx, poly_data.definition_id);
 
                    return ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, expr.span, format!(
 
                        &ctx.module().source, expr.span, format!(
 
                            "Conflicting type for polymorphic variable '{}' of instantiation of '{}'",
 
                            poly_var, type_name
 
                        )
 
                    );
 
                },
 
                Expression::Select(expr) => {
 
                    let (poly_var, struct_name) = get_poly_var_and_definition_name(ctx, poly_var_idx, poly_data.definition_id);
 
                    return ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, expr.full_span, format!(
 
                        &ctx.module().source, expr.full_span, format!(
 
                            "Conflicting type for polymorphic variable '{}' while accessing field '{}' of '{}'",
 
                            poly_var, expr.field_name.value.as_str(), struct_name
 
                        )
 
                    )
 
                }
 
                _ => unreachable!("called construct_poly_arg_error without an expected expression, got: {:?}", expr)
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Actual checking
 
        let expr = &ctx.heap[expr_id];
 
        let (expr_args, expr_return_name) = match expr {
 
            Expression::Call(expr) => 
 
                (
 
                    expr.arguments.clone(),
 
                    "return type"
 
                ),
 
            Expression::Literal(expr) => {
 
                let expressions = match &expr.value {
 
                    Literal::Struct(v) => v.fields.iter()
 
                        .map(|f| f.value)
 
                        .collect(),
 
                    Literal::Enum(_) => Vec::new(),
 
                    Literal::Union(v) => v.values.clone(),
 
                    _ => unreachable!()
 
                };
 

	
 
                ( expressions, "literal" )
 
            },
 
            Expression::Select(expr) =>
 
                // Select expression uses the polymorphic variables of the 
 
                // struct it is accessing, so get the subject expression.
 
                (
 
                    vec![expr.subject],
 
                    "selected field"
 
                ),
 
            _ => unreachable!(),
 
        };
 

	
 
        // - check return type with itself
 
        if let Some((poly_idx, section_a, section_b)) = has_poly_mismatch(
 
            &poly_data.returned, &poly_data.returned
 
        ) {
 
            return construct_main_error(ctx, poly_data, poly_idx, expr)
 
                .with_info_at_span(
 
                    &ctx.module.source, expr.full_span(), format!(
 
                    &ctx.module().source, expr.full_span(), format!(
 
                        "The {} inferred the conflicting types '{}' and '{}'",
 
                        expr_return_name,
 
                        InferenceType::partial_display_name(&ctx.heap, section_a),
 
                        InferenceType::partial_display_name(&ctx.heap, section_b)
 
                    )
 
                );
 
        }
 

	
 
        // - check arguments with each other argument and with return type
 
        for (arg_a_idx, arg_a) in poly_data.embedded.iter().enumerate() {
 
            for (arg_b_idx, arg_b) in poly_data.embedded.iter().enumerate() {
 
                if arg_b_idx > arg_a_idx {
 
                    break;
 
                }
 

	
 
                if let Some((poly_idx, section_a, section_b)) = has_poly_mismatch(&arg_a, &arg_b) {
 
                    let error = construct_main_error(ctx, poly_data, poly_idx, expr);
 
                    if arg_a_idx == arg_b_idx {
 
                        // Same argument
 
                        let arg = &ctx.heap[expr_args[arg_a_idx]];
 
                        return error.with_info_at_span(
 
                            &ctx.module.source, arg.full_span(), format!(
 
                            &ctx.module().source, arg.full_span(), format!(
 
                                "This argument inferred the conflicting types '{}' and '{}'",
 
                                InferenceType::partial_display_name(&ctx.heap, section_a),
 
                                InferenceType::partial_display_name(&ctx.heap, section_b)
 
                            )
 
                        );
 
                    } else {
 
                        let arg_a = &ctx.heap[expr_args[arg_a_idx]];
 
                        let arg_b = &ctx.heap[expr_args[arg_b_idx]];
 
                        return error.with_info_at_span(
 
                            &ctx.module.source, arg_a.full_span(), format!(
 
                            &ctx.module().source, arg_a.full_span(), format!(
 
                                "This argument inferred it to '{}'",
 
                                InferenceType::partial_display_name(&ctx.heap, section_a)
 
                            )
 
                        ).with_info_at_span(
 
                            &ctx.module.source, arg_b.full_span(), format!(
 
                            &ctx.module().source, arg_b.full_span(), format!(
 
                                "While this argument inferred it to '{}'",
 
                                InferenceType::partial_display_name(&ctx.heap, section_b)
 
                            )
 
                        )
 
                    }
 
                }
 
            }
 

	
 
            // Check with return type
 
            if let Some((poly_idx, section_arg, section_ret)) = has_poly_mismatch(arg_a, &poly_data.returned) {
 
                let arg = &ctx.heap[expr_args[arg_a_idx]];
 
                return construct_main_error(ctx, poly_data, poly_idx, expr)
 
                    .with_info_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, arg.full_span(), format!(
 
                        &ctx.module().source, arg.full_span(), format!(
 
                            "This argument inferred it to '{}'",
 
                            InferenceType::partial_display_name(&ctx.heap, section_arg)
 
                        )
 
                    )
 
                    .with_info_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, expr.full_span(), format!(
 
                        &ctx.module().source, expr.full_span(), format!(
 
                            "While the {} inferred it to '{}'",
 
                            expr_return_name,
 
                            InferenceType::partial_display_name(&ctx.heap, section_ret)
 
                        )
 
                    );
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Now check against the explicitly specified polymorphic variables (if
 
        // any).
 
        for (arg_idx, arg) in poly_data.embedded.iter().enumerate() {
 
            if let Some((poly_idx, poly_section, arg_section)) = has_explicit_poly_mismatch(&poly_data.poly_vars, arg) {
 
                let arg = &ctx.heap[expr_args[arg_idx]];
 
                return construct_main_error(ctx, poly_data, poly_idx, expr)
 
                    .with_info_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, arg.full_span(), format!(
 
                        &ctx.module().source, arg.full_span(), format!(
 
                            "The polymorphic variable has type '{}' (which might have been partially inferred) while the argument inferred it to '{}'",
 
                            InferenceType::partial_display_name(&ctx.heap, poly_section),
 
                            InferenceType::partial_display_name(&ctx.heap, arg_section)
 
                        )
 
                    );
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        if let Some((poly_idx, poly_section, ret_section)) = has_explicit_poly_mismatch(&poly_data.poly_vars, &poly_data.returned) {
 
            return construct_main_error(ctx, poly_data, poly_idx, expr)
 
                .with_info_at_span(
 
                    &ctx.module.source, expr.full_span(), format!(
 
                    &ctx.module().source, expr.full_span(), format!(
 
                        "The polymorphic variable has type '{}' (which might have been partially inferred) while the {} inferred it to '{}'",
 
                        InferenceType::partial_display_name(&ctx.heap, poly_section),
 
                        expr_return_name,
 
                        InferenceType::partial_display_name(&ctx.heap, ret_section)
 
                    )
 
                )
 
        }
 

	
 
        unreachable!("construct_poly_arg_error without actual error found?")
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
#[cfg(test)]
 
mod tests {
 
    use super::*;
 
    use crate::protocol::arena::Id;
 
    use InferenceTypePart as ITP;
 
    use InferenceType as IT;
 

	
 
    #[test]
 
    fn test_single_part_inference() {
 
        // lhs argument inferred from rhs
 
        let pairs = [
 
            (ITP::NumberLike, ITP::UInt8),
src/protocol/parser/pass_validation_linking.rs
Show inline comments
 
@@ -111,59 +111,59 @@ impl PassValidationLinking {
 
        self.next_expr_index = 0
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
macro_rules! assign_then_erase_next_stmt {
 
    ($self:ident, $ctx:ident, $stmt_id:expr) => {
 
        if !$self.prev_stmt.is_invalid() {
 
            $ctx.heap[$self.prev_stmt].link_next($stmt_id);
 
            $self.prev_stmt = StatementId::new_invalid();
 
        }
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
macro_rules! assign_and_replace_next_stmt {
 
    ($self:ident, $ctx:ident, $stmt_id:expr) => {
 
        if !$self.prev_stmt.is_invalid() {
 
            $ctx.heap[$self.prev_stmt].link_next($stmt_id);
 
        }
 
        $self.prev_stmt = $stmt_id;
 
    }
 
}
 

	
 
impl Visitor for PassValidationLinking {
 
    fn visit_module(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx) -> VisitorResult {
 
        debug_assert_eq!(ctx.module.phase, ModuleCompilationPhase::TypesAddedToTable);
 
        debug_assert_eq!(ctx.module().phase, ModuleCompilationPhase::TypesAddedToTable);
 

	
 
        let root = &ctx.heap[ctx.module.root_id];
 
        let root = &ctx.heap[ctx.module().root_id];
 
        let section = self.definition_buffer.start_section_initialized(&root.definitions);
 
        for definition_idx in 0..section.len() {
 
            let definition_id = section[definition_idx];
 
            self.visit_definition(ctx, definition_id)?;
 
        }
 
        section.forget();
 

	
 
        ctx.module.phase = ModuleCompilationPhase::ValidatedAndLinked;
 
        ctx.module_mut().phase = ModuleCompilationPhase::ValidatedAndLinked;
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
    // Definition visitors
 
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

	
 
    fn visit_component_definition(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: ComponentDefinitionId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        self.reset_state();
 

	
 
        self.def_type = match &ctx.heap[id].variant {
 
            ComponentVariant::Primitive => DefinitionType::Primitive(id),
 
            ComponentVariant::Composite => DefinitionType::Composite(id),
 
        };
 
        self.cur_scope = Scope::Definition(id.upcast());
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::None;
 

	
 
        // Visit parameters and assign a unique scope ID
 
        let definition = &ctx.heap[id];
 
        let body_id = definition.body;
 
        let section = self.variable_buffer.start_section_initialized(&definition.parameters);
 
        for variable_idx in 0..section.len() {
 
            let variable_id = section[variable_idx];
 
            let variable = &mut ctx.heap[variable_id];
 
            variable.unique_id_in_scope = variable_idx as i32;
 
@@ -322,421 +322,424 @@ impl Visitor for PassValidationLinking {
 

	
 
    fn visit_continue_stmt(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: ContinueStatementId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        // Resolve continue target
 
        let target_while_id = {
 
            let stmt = &ctx.heap[id];
 
            self.resolve_break_or_continue_target(ctx, stmt.span, &stmt.label)?
 
        };
 

	
 
        assign_then_erase_next_stmt!(self, ctx, id.upcast());
 
        let stmt = &mut ctx.heap[id];
 
        stmt.target = Some(target_while_id);
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_synchronous_stmt(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: SynchronousStatementId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        // Check for validity of synchronous statement
 
        let sync_stmt = &ctx.heap[id];
 
        let end_sync_id = sync_stmt.end_sync;
 
        let cur_sync_span = sync_stmt.span;
 
        if !self.in_sync.is_invalid() {
 
            // Nested synchronous statement
 
            let old_sync_span = ctx.heap[self.in_sync].span;
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, cur_sync_span, "Illegal nested synchronous statement"
 
                &ctx.module().source, cur_sync_span, "Illegal nested synchronous statement"
 
            ).with_info_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, old_sync_span, "It is nested in this synchronous statement"
 
                &ctx.module().source, old_sync_span, "It is nested in this synchronous statement"
 
            ));
 
        }
 

	
 
        if !self.def_type.is_primitive() {
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, cur_sync_span,
 
                &ctx.module().source, cur_sync_span,
 
                "synchronous statements may only be used in primitive components"
 
            ));
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Synchronous statement implicitly moves to its block
 
        assign_then_erase_next_stmt!(self, ctx, id.upcast());
 

	
 
        let sync_body = ctx.heap[id].body;
 
        debug_assert!(self.in_sync.is_invalid());
 
        self.in_sync = id;
 
        self.visit_block_stmt_with_hint(ctx, sync_body, Some(id))?;
 
        assign_and_replace_next_stmt!(self, ctx, end_sync_id.upcast());
 

	
 
        self.in_sync = SynchronousStatementId::new_invalid();
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_return_stmt(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: ReturnStatementId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        // Check if "return" occurs within a function
 
        let stmt = &ctx.heap[id];
 
        if !self.def_type.is_function() {
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, stmt.span,
 
                &ctx.module().source, stmt.span,
 
                "return statements may only appear in function bodies"
 
            ));
 
        }
 

	
 
        // If here then we are within a function
 
        assign_then_erase_next_stmt!(self, ctx, id.upcast());
 
        debug_assert_eq!(self.expr_parent, ExpressionParent::None);
 
        debug_assert_eq!(ctx.heap[id].expressions.len(), 1);
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Return(id);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, ctx.heap[id].expressions[0])?;
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::None;
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_goto_stmt(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: GotoStatementId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        let target_id = self.find_label(ctx, &ctx.heap[id].label)?;
 
        ctx.heap[id].target = Some(target_id);
 

	
 
        let target = &ctx.heap[target_id];
 
        if self.in_sync != target.in_sync {
 
            // We can only goto the current scope or outer scopes. Because
 
            // nested sync statements are not allowed we must be inside a sync
 
            // statement.
 
            debug_assert!(!self.in_sync.is_invalid());
 
            let goto_stmt = &ctx.heap[id];
 
            let sync_stmt = &ctx.heap[self.in_sync];
 
            return Err(
 
                ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(&ctx.module.source, goto_stmt.span, "goto may not escape the surrounding synchronous block")
 
                .with_info_str_at_span(&ctx.module.source, target.label.span, "this is the target of the goto statement")
 
                .with_info_str_at_span(&ctx.module.source, sync_stmt.span, "which will jump past this statement")
 
                ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(&ctx.module().source, goto_stmt.span, "goto may not escape the surrounding synchronous block")
 
                .with_info_str_at_span(&ctx.module().source, target.label.span, "this is the target of the goto statement")
 
                .with_info_str_at_span(&ctx.module().source, sync_stmt.span, "which will jump past this statement")
 
            );
 
        }
 

	
 
        assign_then_erase_next_stmt!(self, ctx, id.upcast());
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_new_stmt(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: NewStatementId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        // Make sure the new statement occurs inside a composite component
 
        if !self.def_type.is_composite() {
 
            let new_stmt = &ctx.heap[id];
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, new_stmt.span,
 
                &ctx.module().source, new_stmt.span,
 
                "instantiating components may only be done in composite components"
 
            ));
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Recurse into call expression (which will check the expression parent
 
        // to ensure that the "new" statment instantiates a component)
 
        let call_expr_id = ctx.heap[id].expression;
 

	
 
        assign_and_replace_next_stmt!(self, ctx, id.upcast());
 
        debug_assert_eq!(self.expr_parent, ExpressionParent::None);
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::New(id);
 
        self.visit_call_expr(ctx, call_expr_id)?;
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::None;
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_expr_stmt(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: ExpressionStatementId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        let expr_id = ctx.heap[id].expression;
 

	
 
        assign_and_replace_next_stmt!(self, ctx, id.upcast());
 
        debug_assert_eq!(self.expr_parent, ExpressionParent::None);
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::ExpressionStmt(id);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, expr_id)?;
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::None;
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 

	
 
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
    // Expression visitors
 
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

	
 
    fn visit_assignment_expr(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: AssignmentExpressionId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        let upcast_id = id.upcast();
 

	
 
        let assignment_expr = &mut ctx.heap[id];
 

	
 
        // Although we call assignment an expression to simplify the compiler's
 
        // code (mainly typechecking), we disallow nested use in expressions
 
        match self.expr_parent {
 
            // Look at us: lying through our teeth while providing error messages.
 
            ExpressionParent::ExpressionStmt(_) => {},
 
            _ => return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, assignment_expr.full_span,
 
            _ => {
 
                let assignment_span = assignment_expr.full_span;
 
                return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                    &ctx.module().source, assignment_span,
 
                    "assignments are statements, and cannot be used in expressions"
 
            )),
 
                ))
 
            },
 
        }
 

	
 
        let left_expr_id = assignment_expr.left;
 
        let right_expr_id = assignment_expr.right;
 
        let old_expr_parent = self.expr_parent;
 
        assignment_expr.parent = old_expr_parent;
 
        assignment_expr.unique_id_in_definition = self.next_expr_index;
 
        self.next_expr_index += 1;
 

	
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, 0);
 
        self.must_be_assignable = Some(assignment_expr.operator_span);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, left_expr_id)?;
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, 1);
 
        self.must_be_assignable = None;
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, right_expr_id)?;
 
        self.expr_parent = old_expr_parent;
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_binding_expr(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: BindingExpressionId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        let upcast_id = id.upcast();
 

	
 
        // Check for valid context of binding expression
 
        if let Some(span) = self.must_be_assignable {
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, span, "cannot assign to the result from a binding expression"
 
                &ctx.module().source, span, "cannot assign to the result from a binding expression"
 
            ));
 
        }
 

	
 
        if self.in_test_expr.is_invalid() {
 
            let binding_expr = &ctx.heap[id];
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, binding_expr.full_span,
 
                &ctx.module().source, binding_expr.full_span,
 
                "binding expressions can only be used inside the testing expression of 'if' and 'while' statements"
 
            ));
 
        }
 

	
 
        if !self.in_binding_expr.is_invalid() {
 
            let binding_expr = &ctx.heap[id];
 
            let previous_expr = &ctx.heap[self.in_binding_expr];
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, binding_expr.full_span,
 
                &ctx.module().source, binding_expr.full_span,
 
                "nested binding expressions are not allowed"
 
            ).with_info_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, previous_expr.operator_span,
 
                &ctx.module().source, previous_expr.operator_span,
 
                "the outer binding expression is found here"
 
            ));
 
        }
 

	
 
        let mut seeking_parent = self.expr_parent;
 
        loop {
 
            // Perform upward search to make sure only LogicalAnd is applied to
 
            // the binding expression
 
            let valid = match seeking_parent {
 
                ExpressionParent::If(_) | ExpressionParent::While(_) => {
 
                    // Every parent expression (if any) were LogicalAnd.
 
                    break;
 
                }
 
                ExpressionParent::Expression(parent_id, _) => {
 
                    let parent_expr = &ctx.heap[parent_id];
 
                    match parent_expr {
 
                        Expression::Binary(parent_expr) => {
 
                            // Set new parent to continue the search. Otherwise
 
                            // halt and provide an error using the current
 
                            // parent.
 
                            if parent_expr.operation == BinaryOperator::LogicalAnd {
 
                                seeking_parent = parent_expr.parent;
 
                                true
 
                            } else {
 
                                false
 
                            }
 
                        },
 
                        _ => false,
 
                    }
 
                },
 
                _ => unreachable!(), // nested under if/while, so always expressions as parents
 
            };
 

	
 
            if !valid {
 
                let binding_expr = &ctx.heap[id];
 
                let parent_expr = &ctx.heap[seeking_parent.as_expression()];
 
                return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                    &ctx.module.source, binding_expr.full_span,
 
                    &ctx.module().source, binding_expr.full_span,
 
                    "only the logical-and operator (&&) may be applied to binding expressions"
 
                ).with_info_str_at_span(
 
                    &ctx.module.source, parent_expr.operation_span(),
 
                    &ctx.module().source, parent_expr.operation_span(),
 
                    "this was the disallowed operation applied to the result from a binding expression"
 
                ));
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Perform all of the index/parent assignment magic
 
        let binding_expr = &mut ctx.heap[id];
 

	
 
        let old_expr_parent = self.expr_parent;
 
        binding_expr.parent = old_expr_parent;
 
        binding_expr.unique_id_in_definition = self.next_expr_index;
 
        self.next_expr_index += 1;
 
        self.in_binding_expr = id;
 

	
 
        // Perform preliminary check on children: binding expressions only make
 
        // sense if the left hand side is just a variable expression, or if it
 
        // is a literal of some sort. The typechecker will take care of the rest
 
        let bound_to_id = binding_expr.bound_to;
 
        let bound_from_id = binding_expr.bound_from;
 

	
 
        match &ctx.heap[bound_to_id] {
 
            // Variables may not be binding variables, and literals may
 
            // actually not contain binding variables. But in that case we just
 
            // perform an equality check.
 
            Expression::Variable(_) => {}
 
            Expression::Literal(_) => {},
 
            _ => {
 
                let binding_expr = &ctx.heap[id];
 
                return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                    &ctx.module.source, binding_expr.operator_span,
 
                    &ctx.module().source, binding_expr.operator_span,
 
                    "the left hand side of a binding expression may only be a variable or a literal expression"
 
                ));
 
            },
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Visit the children themselves
 
        self.in_binding_expr_lhs = true;
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, 0);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, bound_to_id)?;
 
        self.in_binding_expr_lhs = false;
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, 1);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, bound_from_id)?;
 

	
 
        self.expr_parent = old_expr_parent;
 
        self.in_binding_expr = BindingExpressionId::new_invalid();
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_conditional_expr(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: ConditionalExpressionId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        let upcast_id = id.upcast();
 
        let conditional_expr = &mut ctx.heap[id];
 

	
 
        if let Some(span) = self.must_be_assignable {
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, span, "cannot assign to the result from a conditional expression"
 
                &ctx.module().source, span, "cannot assign to the result from a conditional expression"
 
            ))
 
        }
 

	
 
        let test_expr_id = conditional_expr.test;
 
        let true_expr_id = conditional_expr.true_expression;
 
        let false_expr_id = conditional_expr.false_expression;
 

	
 
        let old_expr_parent = self.expr_parent;
 
        conditional_expr.parent = old_expr_parent;
 
        conditional_expr.unique_id_in_definition = self.next_expr_index;
 
        self.next_expr_index += 1;
 

	
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, 0);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, test_expr_id)?;
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, 1);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, true_expr_id)?;
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, 2);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, false_expr_id)?;
 
        self.expr_parent = old_expr_parent;
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_binary_expr(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: BinaryExpressionId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        let upcast_id = id.upcast();
 
        let binary_expr = &mut ctx.heap[id];
 

	
 
        if let Some(span) = self.must_be_assignable {
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, span, "cannot assign to the result from a binary expression"
 
                &ctx.module().source, span, "cannot assign to the result from a binary expression"
 
            ))
 
        }
 

	
 
        let left_expr_id = binary_expr.left;
 
        let right_expr_id = binary_expr.right;
 

	
 
        let old_expr_parent = self.expr_parent;
 
        binary_expr.parent = old_expr_parent;
 
        binary_expr.unique_id_in_definition = self.next_expr_index;
 
        self.next_expr_index += 1;
 

	
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, 0);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, left_expr_id)?;
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, 1);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, right_expr_id)?;
 
        self.expr_parent = old_expr_parent;
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_unary_expr(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: UnaryExpressionId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        let unary_expr = &mut ctx.heap[id];
 
        let expr_id = unary_expr.expression;
 

	
 
        if let Some(span) = self.must_be_assignable {
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, span, "cannot assign to the result from a unary expression"
 
                &ctx.module().source, span, "cannot assign to the result from a unary expression"
 
            ))
 
        }
 

	
 
        let old_expr_parent = self.expr_parent;
 
        unary_expr.parent = old_expr_parent;
 
        unary_expr.unique_id_in_definition = self.next_expr_index;
 
        self.next_expr_index += 1;
 

	
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(id.upcast(), 0);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, expr_id)?;
 
        self.expr_parent = old_expr_parent;
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_indexing_expr(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: IndexingExpressionId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        let upcast_id = id.upcast();
 
        let indexing_expr = &mut ctx.heap[id];
 

	
 
        let subject_expr_id = indexing_expr.subject;
 
        let index_expr_id = indexing_expr.index;
 

	
 
        let old_expr_parent = self.expr_parent;
 
        indexing_expr.parent = old_expr_parent;
 
        indexing_expr.unique_id_in_definition = self.next_expr_index;
 
        self.next_expr_index += 1;
 

	
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, 0);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, subject_expr_id)?;
 

	
 
        let old_assignable = self.must_be_assignable.take();
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, 1);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, index_expr_id)?;
 

	
 
        self.must_be_assignable = old_assignable;
 
        self.expr_parent = old_expr_parent;
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_slicing_expr(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: SlicingExpressionId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        let upcast_id = id.upcast();
 
        let slicing_expr = &mut ctx.heap[id];
 

	
 
        if let Some(span) = self.must_be_assignable {
 
            // TODO: @Slicing
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, span, "assignment to slices should be valid in the final language, but is currently not implemented"
 
                &ctx.module().source, span, "assignment to slices should be valid in the final language, but is currently not implemented"
 
            ));
 
        }
 

	
 
        let subject_expr_id = slicing_expr.subject;
 
        let from_expr_id = slicing_expr.from_index;
 
        let to_expr_id = slicing_expr.to_index;
 

	
 
        let old_expr_parent = self.expr_parent;
 
        slicing_expr.parent = old_expr_parent;
 
        slicing_expr.unique_id_in_definition = self.next_expr_index;
 
        self.next_expr_index += 1;
 

	
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, 0);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, subject_expr_id)?;
 

	
 
        let old_assignable = self.must_be_assignable.take();
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, 1);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, from_expr_id)?;
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, 2);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, to_expr_id)?;
 

	
 
        self.must_be_assignable = old_assignable;
 
        self.expr_parent = old_expr_parent;
 

	
 
@@ -747,442 +750,455 @@ impl Visitor for PassValidationLinking {
 
        let select_expr = &mut ctx.heap[id];
 
        let expr_id = select_expr.subject;
 

	
 
        let old_expr_parent = self.expr_parent;
 
        select_expr.parent = old_expr_parent;
 
        select_expr.unique_id_in_definition = self.next_expr_index;
 
        self.next_expr_index += 1;
 

	
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(id.upcast(), 0);
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, expr_id)?;
 
        self.expr_parent = old_expr_parent;
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_literal_expr(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: LiteralExpressionId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        let literal_expr = &mut ctx.heap[id];
 
        let old_expr_parent = self.expr_parent;
 
        literal_expr.parent = old_expr_parent;
 
        literal_expr.unique_id_in_definition = self.next_expr_index;
 
        self.next_expr_index += 1;
 

	
 
        if let Some(span) = self.must_be_assignable {
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, span, "cannot assign to a literal expression"
 
                &ctx.module().source, span, "cannot assign to a literal expression"
 
            ))
 
        }
 

	
 
        match &mut literal_expr.value {
 
            Literal::Null | Literal::True | Literal::False |
 
            Literal::Character(_) | Literal::String(_) | Literal::Integer(_) => {
 
                // Just the parent has to be set, done above
 
            },
 
            Literal::Struct(literal) => {
 
                let upcast_id = id.upcast();
 
                // Retrieve type definition
 
                let type_definition = ctx.types.get_base_definition(&literal.definition).unwrap();
 
                let struct_definition = type_definition.definition.as_struct();
 

	
 
                // Make sure all fields are specified, none are specified twice
 
                // and all fields exist on the struct definition
 
                let mut specified = Vec::new(); // TODO: @performance
 
                specified.resize(struct_definition.fields.len(), false);
 

	
 
                for field in &mut literal.fields {
 
                    // Find field in the struct definition
 
                    let field_idx = struct_definition.fields.iter().position(|v| v.identifier == field.identifier);
 
                    if field_idx.is_none() {
 
                        let field_span = field.identifier.span;
 
                        let literal = ctx.heap[id].value.as_struct();
 
                        let ast_definition = &ctx.heap[literal.definition];
 
                        return Err(ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                            &ctx.module.source, field_span, format!(
 
                            &ctx.module().source, field_span, format!(
 
                                "This field does not exist on the struct '{}'",
 
                                ast_definition.identifier().value.as_str()
 
                            )
 
                        ));
 
                    }
 
                    field.field_idx = field_idx.unwrap();
 

	
 
                    // Check if specified more than once
 
                    if specified[field.field_idx] {
 
                        let field_span = field.identifier.span;
 
                        return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                            &ctx.module.source, field.identifier.span,
 
                            &ctx.module().source, field_span,
 
                            "This field is specified more than once"
 
                        ));
 
                    }
 

	
 
                    specified[field.field_idx] = true;
 
                }
 

	
 
                if !specified.iter().all(|v| *v) {
 
                    // Some fields were not specified
 
                    let mut not_specified = String::new();
 
                    let mut num_not_specified = 0;
 
                    for (def_field_idx, is_specified) in specified.iter().enumerate() {
 
                        if !is_specified {
 
                            if !not_specified.is_empty() { not_specified.push_str(", ") }
 
                            let field_ident = &struct_definition.fields[def_field_idx].identifier;
 
                            not_specified.push_str(field_ident.value.as_str());
 
                            num_not_specified += 1;
 
                        }
 
                    }
 

	
 
                    debug_assert!(num_not_specified > 0);
 
                    let msg = if num_not_specified == 1 {
 
                        format!("not all fields are specified, '{}' is missing", not_specified)
 
                    } else {
 
                        format!("not all fields are specified, [{}] are missing", not_specified)
 
                    };
 

	
 
                    let literal_span = literal.parser_type.full_span;
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, literal.parser_type.full_span, msg
 
                        &ctx.module().source, literal_span, msg
 
                    ));
 
                }
 

	
 
                // Need to traverse fields expressions in struct and evaluate
 
                // the poly args
 
                let mut expr_section = self.expression_buffer.start_section();
 
                for field in &literal.fields {
 
                    expr_section.push(field.value);
 
                }
 

	
 
                for expr_idx in 0..expr_section.len() {
 
                    let expr_id = expr_section[expr_idx];
 
                    self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, expr_idx as u32);
 
                    self.visit_expr(ctx, expr_id)?;
 
                }
 

	
 
                expr_section.forget();
 
            },
 
            Literal::Enum(literal) => {
 
                // Make sure the variant exists
 
                let type_definition = ctx.types.get_base_definition(&literal.definition).unwrap();
 
                let enum_definition = type_definition.definition.as_enum();
 

	
 
                let variant_idx = enum_definition.variants.iter().position(|v| {
 
                    v.identifier == literal.variant
 
                });
 

	
 
                if variant_idx.is_none() {
 
                    let literal = ctx.heap[id].value.as_enum();
 
                    let ast_definition = ctx.heap[literal.definition].as_enum();
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, literal.parser_type.full_span, format!(
 
                        &ctx.module().source, literal.parser_type.full_span, format!(
 
                            "the variant '{}' does not exist on the enum '{}'",
 
                            literal.variant.value.as_str(), ast_definition.identifier.value.as_str()
 
                        )
 
                    ));
 
                }
 

	
 
                literal.variant_idx = variant_idx.unwrap();
 
            },
 
            Literal::Union(literal) => {
 
                // Make sure the variant exists
 
                let type_definition = ctx.types.get_base_definition(&literal.definition).unwrap();
 
                let union_definition = type_definition.definition.as_union();
 

	
 
                let variant_idx = union_definition.variants.iter().position(|v| {
 
                    v.identifier == literal.variant
 
                });
 
                if variant_idx.is_none() {
 
                    let literal = ctx.heap[id].value.as_union();
 
                    let ast_definition = ctx.heap[literal.definition].as_union();
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, literal.parser_type.full_span, format!(
 
                        &ctx.module().source, literal.parser_type.full_span, format!(
 
                            "the variant '{}' does not exist on the union '{}'",
 
                            literal.variant.value.as_str(), ast_definition.identifier.value.as_str()
 
                        )
 
                    ));
 
                }
 

	
 
                literal.variant_idx = variant_idx.unwrap();
 

	
 
                // Make sure the number of specified values matches the expected
 
                // number of embedded values in the union variant.
 
                let union_variant = &union_definition.variants[literal.variant_idx];
 
                if union_variant.embedded.len() != literal.values.len() {
 
                    let literal = ctx.heap[id].value.as_union();
 
                    let ast_definition = ctx.heap[literal.definition].as_union();
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, literal.parser_type.full_span, format!(
 
                        &ctx.module().source, literal.parser_type.full_span, format!(
 
                            "The variant '{}' of union '{}' expects {} embedded values, but {} were specified",
 
                            literal.variant.value.as_str(), ast_definition.identifier.value.as_str(),
 
                            union_variant.embedded.len(), literal.values.len()
 
                        ),
 
                    ))
 
                }
 

	
 
                // Traverse embedded values of union (if any) and evaluate the
 
                // polymorphic arguments
 
                let upcast_id = id.upcast();
 
                let mut expr_section = self.expression_buffer.start_section();
 
                for value in &literal.values {
 
                    expr_section.push(*value);
 
                }
 

	
 
                for expr_idx in 0..expr_section.len() {
 
                    let expr_id = expr_section[expr_idx];
 
                    self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, expr_idx as u32);
 
                    self.visit_expr(ctx, expr_id)?;
 
                }
 

	
 
                expr_section.forget();
 
            },
 
            Literal::Array(literal) => {
 
                // Visit all expressions in the array
 
                let upcast_id = id.upcast();
 
                let expr_section = self.expression_buffer.start_section_initialized(literal);
 
                for expr_idx in 0..expr_section.len() {
 
                    let expr_id = expr_section[expr_idx];
 
                    self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, expr_idx as u32);
 
                    self.visit_expr(ctx, expr_id)?;
 
                }
 

	
 
                expr_section.forget();
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        self.expr_parent = old_expr_parent;
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_cast_expr(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: CastExpressionId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        let cast_expr = &mut ctx.heap[id];
 

	
 
        if let Some(span) = self.must_be_assignable {
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, span, "cannot assign to the result from a cast expression"
 
                &ctx.module().source, span, "cannot assign to the result from a cast expression"
 
            ))
 
        }
 

	
 
        let upcast_id = id.upcast();
 
        let old_expr_parent = self.expr_parent;
 
        cast_expr.parent = old_expr_parent;
 
        cast_expr.unique_id_in_definition = self.next_expr_index;
 
        self.next_expr_index += 1;
 

	
 
        // Recurse into the thing that we're casting
 
        self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, 0);
 
        let subject_id = cast_expr.subject;
 
        self.visit_expr(ctx, subject_id)?;
 
        self.expr_parent = old_expr_parent;
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_call_expr(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: CallExpressionId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        let call_expr = &mut ctx.heap[id];
 

	
 
        if let Some(span) = self.must_be_assignable {
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, span, "cannot assign to the result from a call expression"
 
                &ctx.module().source, span, "cannot assign to the result from a call expression"
 
            ))
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Check whether the method is allowed to be called within the code's
 
        // context (in sync, definition type, etc.)
 
        let mut expected_wrapping_new_stmt = false;
 
        match &mut call_expr.method {
 
            Method::Get => {
 
                if !self.def_type.is_primitive() {
 
                    let call_span = call_expr.func_span;
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, call_expr.func_span,
 
                        &ctx.module().source, call_span,
 
                        "a call to 'get' may only occur in primitive component definitions"
 
                    ));
 
                }
 
                if self.in_sync.is_invalid() {
 
                    let call_span = call_expr.func_span;
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, call_expr.func_span,
 
                        &ctx.module().source, call_span,
 
                        "a call to 'get' may only occur inside synchronous blocks"
 
                    ));
 
                }
 
            },
 
            Method::Put => {
 
                if !self.def_type.is_primitive() {
 
                    let call_span = call_expr.func_span;
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, call_expr.func_span,
 
                        &ctx.module().source, call_span,
 
                        "a call to 'put' may only occur in primitive component definitions"
 
                    ));
 
                }
 
                if self.in_sync.is_invalid() {
 
                    let call_span = call_expr.func_span;
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, call_expr.func_span,
 
                        &ctx.module().source, call_span,
 
                        "a call to 'put' may only occur inside synchronous blocks"
 
                    ));
 
                }
 
            },
 
            Method::Fires => {
 
                if !self.def_type.is_primitive() {
 
                    let call_span = call_expr.func_span;
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, call_expr.func_span,
 
                        &ctx.module().source, call_span,
 
                        "a call to 'fires' may only occur in primitive component definitions"
 
                    ));
 
                }
 
                if self.in_sync.is_invalid() {
 
                    let call_span = call_expr.func_span;
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, call_expr.func_span,
 
                        &ctx.module().source, call_span,
 
                        "a call to 'fires' may only occur inside synchronous blocks"
 
                    ));
 
                }
 
            },
 
            Method::Create => {},
 
            Method::Length => {},
 
            Method::Assert => {
 
                if self.def_type.is_function() {
 
                    let call_span = call_expr.func_span;
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, call_expr.func_span,
 
                        &ctx.module().source, call_span,
 
                        "assert statement may only occur in components"
 
                    ));
 
                }
 
                if self.in_sync.is_invalid() {
 
                    let call_span = call_expr.func_span;
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, call_expr.func_span,
 
                        &ctx.module().source, call_span,
 
                        "assert statements may only occur inside synchronous blocks"
 
                    ));
 
                }
 
            },
 
            Method::UserFunction => {},
 
            Method::UserComponent => {
 
                expected_wrapping_new_stmt = true;
 
            },
 
        }
 

	
 
        if expected_wrapping_new_stmt {
 
            if !self.expr_parent.is_new() {
 
                let call_span = call_expr.func_span;
 
                return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                    &ctx.module.source, call_expr.func_span,
 
                    &ctx.module().source, call_span,
 
                    "cannot call a component, it can only be instantiated by using 'new'"
 
                ));
 
            }
 
        } else {
 
            if self.expr_parent.is_new() {
 
                let call_span = call_expr.func_span;
 
                return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                    &ctx.module.source, call_expr.func_span,
 
                    &ctx.module().source, call_span,
 
                    "only components can be instantiated, this is a function"
 
                ));
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Check the number of arguments
 
        let call_definition = ctx.types.get_base_definition(&call_expr.definition).unwrap();
 
        let num_expected_args = match &call_definition.definition {
 
            DefinedTypeVariant::Function(definition) => definition.arguments.len(),
 
            DefinedTypeVariant::Component(definition) => definition.arguments.len(),
 
            v => unreachable!("encountered {} type in call expression", v.type_class()),
 
        };
 

	
 
        let num_provided_args = call_expr.arguments.len();
 
        if num_provided_args != num_expected_args {
 
            let argument_text = if num_expected_args == 1 { "argument" } else { "arguments" };
 
            let call_span = call_expr.full_span;
 
            return Err(ParseError::new_error_at_span(
 
                &ctx.module.source, call_expr.full_span, format!(
 
                &ctx.module().source, call_span, format!(
 
                    "expected {} {}, but {} were provided",
 
                    num_expected_args, argument_text, num_provided_args
 
                )
 
            ));
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Recurse into all of the arguments and set the expression's parent
 
        let upcast_id = id.upcast();
 

	
 
        let section = self.expression_buffer.start_section_initialized(&call_expr.arguments);
 
        let old_expr_parent = self.expr_parent;
 
        call_expr.parent = old_expr_parent;
 
        call_expr.unique_id_in_definition = self.next_expr_index;
 
        self.next_expr_index += 1;
 

	
 
        for arg_expr_idx in 0..section.len() {
 
            let arg_expr_id = section[arg_expr_idx];
 
            self.expr_parent = ExpressionParent::Expression(upcast_id, arg_expr_idx as u32);
 
            self.visit_expr(ctx, arg_expr_id)?;
 
        }
 

	
 
        section.forget();
 
        self.expr_parent = old_expr_parent;
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    fn visit_variable_expr(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, id: VariableExpressionId) -> VisitorResult {
 
        let var_expr = &ctx.heap[id];
 

	
 
        let (variable_id, is_binding_target) = match self.find_variable(ctx, self.relative_pos_in_block, &var_expr.identifier) {
 
            Ok(variable_id) => {
 
                // Regular variable
 
                (variable_id, false)
 
            },
 
            Err(()) => {
 
                // Couldn't find variable, but if we're in a binding expression,
 
                // then this may be the thing we're binding to.
 
                if self.in_binding_expr.is_invalid() || !self.in_binding_expr_lhs {
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, var_expr.identifier.span, "unresolved variable"
 
                        &ctx.module().source, var_expr.identifier.span, "unresolved variable"
 
                    ));
 
                }
 

	
 
                // This is a binding variable, but it may only appear in very
 
                // specific locations.
 
                let is_valid_binding = match self.expr_parent {
 
                    ExpressionParent::Expression(expr_id, idx) => {
 
                        match &ctx.heap[expr_id] {
 
                            Expression::Binding(_binding_expr) => {
 
                                // Nested binding is disallowed, and because of
 
                                // the check above we know we're directly at the
 
                                // LHS of the binding expression
 
                                debug_assert_eq!(_binding_expr.this, self.in_binding_expr);
 
                                debug_assert_eq!(idx, 0);
 
                                true
 
                            }
 
                            Expression::Literal(lit_expr) => {
 
                                // Only struct, unions and arrays can have
 
                                // subexpressions, so we're always fine
 
                                if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
 
                                    match lit_expr.value {
 
                                        Literal::Struct(_) | Literal::Union(_) | Literal::Array(_) => {},
 
                                        _ => unreachable!(),
 
                                    }
 
                                }
 

	
 
                                true
 
                            },
 
                            _ => false,
 
                        }
 
                    },
 
                    _ => {
 
                        false
 
                    }
 
                };
 

	
 
                if !is_valid_binding {
 
                    let binding_expr = &ctx.heap[self.in_binding_expr];
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, var_expr.identifier.span,
 
                        &ctx.module().source, var_expr.identifier.span,
 
                        "illegal location for binding variable: binding variables may only be nested under a binding expression, or a struct, union or array literal"
 
                    ).with_info_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, binding_expr.operator_span, format!(
 
                        &ctx.module().source, binding_expr.operator_span, format!(
 
                            "'{}' was interpreted as a binding variable because the variable is not declared and it is nested under this binding expression",
 
                            var_expr.identifier.value.as_str()
 
                        )
 
                    ));
 
                }
 

	
 
                // By now we know that this is a valid binding expression. Given
 
                // that a binding expression must be nested under an if/while
 
                // statement, we now add the variable to the (implicit) block
 
                // statement following the if/while statement.
 
                let bound_identifier = var_expr.identifier.clone();
 
                let bound_variable_id = ctx.heap.alloc_variable(|this| Variable{
 
                    this,
 
                    kind: VariableKind::Binding,
 
                    parser_type: ParserType{
 
                        elements: vec![ParserTypeElement{
 
                            element_span: bound_identifier.span,
 
                            variant: ParserTypeVariant::Inferred
 
                        }],
 
                        full_span: bound_identifier.span
 
                    },
 
                    identifier: bound_identifier,
 
                    relative_pos_in_block: 0,
 
                    unique_id_in_scope: -1,
 
@@ -1395,123 +1411,123 @@ impl PassValidationLinking {
 
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
    // Utilities
 
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

	
 
    /// Adds a local variable to the current scope. It will also annotate the
 
    /// `Local` in the AST with its relative position in the block.
 
    fn checked_add_local(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, relative_pos: u32, id: VariableId) -> Result<(), ParseError> {
 
        debug_assert!(self.cur_scope.is_block());
 
        let local = &ctx.heap[id];
 
        let mut scope = &self.cur_scope;
 

	
 
        loop {
 
            // We immediately go to the parent scope. We check the current scope
 
            // in the call at the end. Likewise for checking the symbol table.
 
            let block = &ctx.heap[scope.to_block()];
 

	
 
            scope = &block.scope_node.parent;
 
            if let Scope::Definition(definition_id) = scope {
 
                // At outer scope, check parameters of function/component
 
                for parameter_id in ctx.heap[*definition_id].parameters() {
 
                    let parameter = &ctx.heap[*parameter_id];
 
                    if local.identifier == parameter.identifier {
 
                        return Err(
 
                            ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                                &ctx.module.source, local.identifier.span, "Local variable name conflicts with parameter"
 
                                &ctx.module().source, local.identifier.span, "Local variable name conflicts with parameter"
 
                            ).with_info_str_at_span(
 
                                &ctx.module.source, parameter.identifier.span, "Parameter definition is found here"
 
                                &ctx.module().source, parameter.identifier.span, "Parameter definition is found here"
 
                            )
 
                        );
 
                    }
 
                }
 

	
 
                // No collisions
 
                break;
 
            }
 

	
 
            // If here then the parent scope is a block scope
 
            let local_relative_pos = ctx.heap[scope.to_block()].relative_pos_in_parent;
 

	
 
            for other_local_id in &block.locals {
 
                let other_local = &ctx.heap[*other_local_id];
 
                // Position check in case another variable with the same name
 
                // is defined in a higher-level scope, but later than the scope
 
                // in which the current variable resides.
 
                if local.this != *other_local_id &&
 
                    local_relative_pos >= other_local.relative_pos_in_block &&
 
                    local.identifier == other_local.identifier {
 
                    // Collision within this scope
 
                    return Err(
 
                        ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                            &ctx.module.source, local.identifier.span, "Local variable name conflicts with another variable"
 
                            &ctx.module().source, local.identifier.span, "Local variable name conflicts with another variable"
 
                        ).with_info_str_at_span(
 
                            &ctx.module.source, other_local.identifier.span, "Previous variable is found here"
 
                            &ctx.module().source, other_local.identifier.span, "Previous variable is found here"
 
                        )
 
                    );
 
                }
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        // No collisions in any of the parent scope, attempt to add to scope
 
        self.checked_at_single_scope_add_local(ctx, self.cur_scope, relative_pos, id)
 
    }
 

	
 
    /// Adds a local variable to the specified scope. Will check the specified
 
    /// scope for variable conflicts and the symbol table for global conflicts.
 
    /// Will NOT check parent scopes of the specified scope.
 
    fn checked_at_single_scope_add_local(
 
        &mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, scope: Scope, relative_pos: u32, id: VariableId
 
    ) -> Result<(), ParseError> {
 
        // Check the symbol table for conflicts
 
        {
 
            let cur_scope = SymbolScope::Definition(self.def_type.definition_id());
 
            let ident = &ctx.heap[id].identifier;
 
            if let Some(symbol) = ctx.symbols.get_symbol_by_name(cur_scope, &ident.value.as_bytes()) {
 
                return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                    &ctx.module.source, ident.span,
 
                    &ctx.module().source, ident.span,
 
                    "local variable declaration conflicts with symbol"
 
                ).with_info_str_at_span(
 
                    &ctx.module.source, symbol.variant.span_of_introduction(&ctx.heap), "the conflicting symbol is introduced here"
 
                    &ctx.module().source, symbol.variant.span_of_introduction(&ctx.heap), "the conflicting symbol is introduced here"
 
                ));
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        // Check the specified scope for conflicts
 
        let local = &ctx.heap[id];
 

	
 
        debug_assert!(scope.is_block());
 
        let block = &ctx.heap[scope.to_block()];
 
        for other_local_id in &block.locals {
 
            let other_local = &ctx.heap[*other_local_id];
 
            if local.this != other_local.this &&
 
                relative_pos >= other_local.relative_pos_in_block &&
 
                local.identifier == other_local.identifier {
 
                // Collision
 
                return Err(
 
                    ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, local.identifier.span, "Local variable name conflicts with another variable"
 
                        &ctx.module().source, local.identifier.span, "Local variable name conflicts with another variable"
 
                    ).with_info_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, other_local.identifier.span, "Previous variable is found here"
 
                        &ctx.module().source, other_local.identifier.span, "Previous variable is found here"
 
                    )
 
                );
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        // No collisions
 
        let block = &mut ctx.heap[scope.to_block()];
 
        block.locals.push(id);
 

	
 
        let local = &mut ctx.heap[id];
 
        local.relative_pos_in_block = relative_pos;
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    /// Finds a variable in the visitor's scope that must appear before the
 
    /// specified relative position within that block.
 
    fn find_variable(&self, ctx: &Ctx, mut relative_pos: u32, identifier: &Identifier) -> Result<VariableId, ()> {
 
        debug_assert!(self.cur_scope.is_block());
 

	
 
        // No need to use iterator over namespaces if here
 
        let mut scope = &self.cur_scope;
 
        
 
        loop {
 
@@ -1551,173 +1567,173 @@ impl PassValidationLinking {
 
    }
 

	
 
    /// Adds a particular label to the current scope. Will return an error if
 
    /// there is another label with the same name visible in the current scope.
 
    fn checked_add_label(&mut self, ctx: &mut Ctx, relative_pos: u32, in_sync: SynchronousStatementId, id: LabeledStatementId) -> Result<(), ParseError> {
 
        debug_assert!(self.cur_scope.is_block());
 

	
 
        // Make sure label is not defined within the current scope or any of the
 
        // parent scope.
 
        let label = &mut ctx.heap[id];
 
        label.relative_pos_in_block = relative_pos;
 
        label.in_sync = in_sync;
 

	
 
        let label = &ctx.heap[id];
 
        let mut scope = &self.cur_scope;
 

	
 
        loop {
 
            debug_assert!(scope.is_block(), "scope is not a block");
 
            let block = &ctx.heap[scope.to_block()];
 
            for other_label_id in &block.labels {
 
                let other_label = &ctx.heap[*other_label_id];
 
                if other_label.label == label.label {
 
                    // Collision
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, label.label.span, "label name is used more than once"
 
                        &ctx.module().source, label.label.span, "label name is used more than once"
 
                    ).with_info_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, other_label.label.span, "the other label is found here"
 
                        &ctx.module().source, other_label.label.span, "the other label is found here"
 
                    ));
 
                }
 
            }
 

	
 
            scope = &block.scope_node.parent;
 
            if !scope.is_block() {
 
                break;
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        // No collisions
 
        let block = &mut ctx.heap[self.cur_scope.to_block()];
 
        block.labels.push(id);
 

	
 
        Ok(())
 
    }
 

	
 
    /// Finds a particular labeled statement by its identifier. Once found it
 
    /// will make sure that the target label does not skip over any variable
 
    /// declarations within the scope in which the label was found.
 
    fn find_label(&self, ctx: &Ctx, identifier: &Identifier) -> Result<LabeledStatementId, ParseError> {
 
        debug_assert!(self.cur_scope.is_block());
 

	
 
        let mut scope = &self.cur_scope;
 
        loop {
 
            debug_assert!(scope.is_block(), "scope is not a block");
 
            let relative_scope_pos = ctx.heap[scope.to_block()].relative_pos_in_parent;
 

	
 
            let block = &ctx.heap[scope.to_block()];
 
            for label_id in &block.labels {
 
                let label = &ctx.heap[*label_id];
 
                if label.label == *identifier {
 
                    for local_id in &block.locals {
 
                        // TODO: Better to do this in control flow analysis, it
 
                        //  is legal to skip over a variable declaration if it
 
                        //  is not actually being used. I might be missing
 
                        //  something here when laying out the bytecode...
 
                        let local = &ctx.heap[*local_id];
 
                        if local.relative_pos_in_block > relative_scope_pos && local.relative_pos_in_block < label.relative_pos_in_block {
 
                            return Err(
 
                                ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(&ctx.module.source, identifier.span, "this target label skips over a variable declaration")
 
                                .with_info_str_at_span(&ctx.module.source, label.label.span, "because it jumps to this label")
 
                                .with_info_str_at_span(&ctx.module.source, local.identifier.span, "which skips over this variable")
 
                                ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(&ctx.module().source, identifier.span, "this target label skips over a variable declaration")
 
                                .with_info_str_at_span(&ctx.module().source, label.label.span, "because it jumps to this label")
 
                                .with_info_str_at_span(&ctx.module().source, local.identifier.span, "which skips over this variable")
 
                            );
 
                        }
 
                    }
 
                    return Ok(*label_id);
 
                }
 
            }
 

	
 
            scope = &block.scope_node.parent;
 
            if !scope.is_block() {
 
                return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                    &ctx.module.source, identifier.span, "could not find this label"
 
                    &ctx.module().source, identifier.span, "could not find this label"
 
                ));
 
            }
 

	
 
        }
 
    }
 

	
 
    /// This function will check if the provided while statement ID has a block
 
    /// statement that is one of our current parents.
 
    fn has_parent_while_scope(&self, ctx: &Ctx, id: WhileStatementId) -> bool {
 
        let mut scope = &self.cur_scope;
 
        let while_stmt = &ctx.heap[id];
 
        loop {
 
            debug_assert!(scope.is_block());
 
            let block = scope.to_block();
 
            if while_stmt.body == block {
 
                return true;
 
            }
 

	
 
            let block = &ctx.heap[block];
 
            scope = &block.scope_node.parent;
 
            if !scope.is_block() {
 
                return false;
 
            }
 
        }
 
    }
 

	
 
    /// This function should be called while dealing with break/continue
 
    /// statements. It will try to find the targeted while statement, using the
 
    /// target label if provided. If a valid target is found then the loop's
 
    /// ID will be returned, otherwise a parsing error is constructed.
 
    /// The provided input position should be the position of the break/continue
 
    /// statement.
 
    fn resolve_break_or_continue_target(&self, ctx: &Ctx, span: InputSpan, label: &Option<Identifier>) -> Result<WhileStatementId, ParseError> {
 
        let target = match label {
 
            Some(label) => {
 
                let target_id = self.find_label(ctx, label)?;
 

	
 
                // Make sure break target is a while statement
 
                let target = &ctx.heap[target_id];
 
                if let Statement::While(target_stmt) = &ctx.heap[target.body] {
 
                    // Even though we have a target while statement, the break might not be
 
                    // present underneath this particular labeled while statement
 
                    if !self.has_parent_while_scope(ctx, target_stmt.this) {
 
                        return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                            &ctx.module.source, label.span, "break statement is not nested under the target label's while statement"
 
                            &ctx.module().source, label.span, "break statement is not nested under the target label's while statement"
 
                        ).with_info_str_at_span(
 
                            &ctx.module.source, target.label.span, "the targeted label is found here"
 
                            &ctx.module().source, target.label.span, "the targeted label is found here"
 
                        ));
 
                    }
 

	
 
                    target_stmt.this
 
                } else {
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, label.span, "incorrect break target label, it must target a while loop"
 
                        &ctx.module().source, label.span, "incorrect break target label, it must target a while loop"
 
                    ).with_info_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, target.label.span, "The targeted label is found here"
 
                        &ctx.module().source, target.label.span, "The targeted label is found here"
 
                    ));
 
                }
 
            },
 
            None => {
 
                // Use the enclosing while statement, the break must be
 
                // nested within that while statement
 
                if self.in_while.is_invalid() {
 
                    return Err(ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(
 
                        &ctx.module.source, span, "Break statement is not nested under a while loop"
 
                        &ctx.module().source, span, "Break statement is not nested under a while loop"
 
                    ));
 
                }
 

	
 
                self.in_while
 
            }
 
        };
 

	
 
        // We have a valid target for the break statement. But we need to
 
        // make sure we will not break out of a synchronous block
 
        {
 
            let target_while = &ctx.heap[target];
 
            if target_while.in_sync != self.in_sync {
 
                // Break is nested under while statement, so can only escape a
 
                // sync block if the sync is nested inside the while statement.
 
                debug_assert!(!self.in_sync.is_invalid());
 
                let sync_stmt = &ctx.heap[self.in_sync];
 
                return Err(
 
                    ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(&ctx.module.source, span, "break may not escape the surrounding synchronous block")
 
                        .with_info_str_at_span(&ctx.module.source, target_while.span, "the break escapes out of this loop")
 
                        .with_info_str_at_span(&ctx.module.source, sync_stmt.span, "And would therefore escape this synchronous block")
 
                    ParseError::new_error_str_at_span(&ctx.module().source, span, "break may not escape the surrounding synchronous block")
 
                        .with_info_str_at_span(&ctx.module().source, target_while.span, "the break escapes out of this loop")
 
                        .with_info_str_at_span(&ctx.module().source, sync_stmt.span, "And would therefore escape this synchronous block")
 
                );
 
            }
 
        }
 

	
 
        Ok(target)
 
    }
 
}
 
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