abstract CallStatement base class, just like in ruby

to_mom differs much more than the to_vool in ruby,
but data and base functionality still warrent unification
also we can check for CallStatement now

lib/vool/call_statement.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+module Vool
+
+  class CallStatement < Statement
+    attr_reader :name , :receiver , :arguments
+
+    def initialize(name , receiver , arguments )
+      @name , @receiver , @arguments = name , receiver , arguments
+      @arguments ||= []
+    end
+
+    # When used as right hand side, this tells what data to move to get the result into
+    # a varaible. It is (off course) the return value of the message
+    def slot_definition(compiler)
+      Mom::SlotDefinition.new(:message ,[ :return_value])
+    end
+
+    def to_s(depth = 0)
+      sen = "#{receiver}.#{name}(#{@arguments.collect{|a| a.to_s}.join(', ')})"
+      at_depth(depth , sen)
+    end
+
+    def each(&block)
+      block.call(self)
+      block.call(@receiver)
+      @arguments.each do |arg|
+        block.call(arg)
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+end

lib/vool/send_statement.rb

@@ -9,13 +9,8 @@ module Vool
   #
   # As cache key we must use the type of the object (which is the first word of _every_ object)
   # as that is constant, and function implementations depend on the type (not class)
-  class SendStatement < Statement
-    attr_reader :name , :receiver , :arguments , :block
-
-    def initialize(name , receiver , arguments )
-      @name , @receiver , @arguments = name , receiver , arguments
-      @arguments ||= []
-    end
+  class SendStatement < CallStatement
+    attr_reader :block
 
     def block
       return nil if arguments.empty?
@@ -27,15 +22,8 @@ module Vool
       @arguments << block
     end
 
-    def to_s
-      "#{receiver}.#{name}(#{arguments.join(', ')})"
-    end
     def each(&block)
-      block.call(self)
-      block.call(@receiver)
-      @arguments.each do |arg|
-        block.call(arg)
-      end
+      super
       self.block.each(&block) if self.block
     end
 
@@ -56,12 +44,6 @@ module Vool
       end
     end
 
-    # When used as right hand side, this tells what data to move to get the result into
-    # a varaible. It is (off course) the return value of the message
-    def slot_definition(compiler)
-      Mom::SlotDefinition.new(:message ,[ :return_value])
-    end
-
     def message_setup(compiler,called_method)
       setup  = Mom::MessageSetup.new( called_method )
       mom_receive = @receiver.slot_definition(compiler)

lib/vool/statement.rb

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ require_relative "assignment"
 require_relative "array_statement"
 require_relative "basic_values"
 require_relative "block_statement"
+require_relative "call_statement"
 require_relative "class_statement"
 require_relative "hash_statement"
 require_relative "if_statement"

lib/vool/yield_statement.rb

@@ -1,34 +1,17 @@
 module Vool
 
-  class YieldStatement < Statement
-    attr_reader :arguments
+  # A Yield is a lot like a Send, which is why they share the base class CallStatement
+  # That means it has a receiver (self), arguments and an (implicitly assigned) name
+  #
+  # On the ruby side, normalisation works pretty much the same too.
+  #
+  # On the way down to Mom, small differences become abvious, as the block that is
+  # yielded to is an argument. Whereas in a send it is either statically known
+  # or resolved and cached. Here it is dynamic, but sort of known dynamic.
+  # All we do before calling it is check that it is the right type. 
+  class YieldStatement < CallStatement
 
-    def initialize(name , receiver , arguments)
-      @arguments = arguments
-      @receiver = receiver
-      @name = name
-      @arguments ||= []
-    end
-
-    def to_s
-      "#{receiver}.#{name}(#{arguments.join(', ')})"
-    end
-
-    def each(&block)
-      block.call(self)
-      block.call(@receiver)
-      @arguments.each do |arg|
-        block.call(arg)
-      end
-    end
-
-    # When used as right hand side, this tells what data to move to get the result into
-    # a varaible. It is (off course) the return value of the message
-    def slot_definition(compiler)
-      Mom::SlotDefinition.new(:message ,[ :return_value])
-    end
-
-    # A Send breaks down to 2 steps:
+    # A Yield breaks down to 2 steps:
     # - Setting up the next message, with receiver, arguments, and (importantly) return address
     # - a SimpleCall,
     def to_mom( compiler )
@@ -76,10 +59,5 @@ module Vool
       setup << Mom::BlockYield.new( arg_index )
     end
 
-    def to_s(depth = 0)
-      sen = "#{receiver}.#{name}(#{@arguments.collect{|a| a.to_s}.join(', ')})"
-      at_depth(depth , sen)
-    end
-
   end
 end