first oo program to compile. But no worries, there is still work left to be done

lib/arm/logic_instruction.rb

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ module Arm
         elsif (op_with_rot = calculate_u8_with_rr(right))
           operand = op_with_rot
           immediate = 1
-          raise "hmm"
+#          raise "hmm"
         else
           raise "cannot fit numeric literal argument in operand #{right.inspect}"
         end

lib/arm/move_instruction.rb

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ module Arm
 
       @immediate = 0      
       @rn = :r0 # register zero = zero bit pattern
-      raise inspect if  to.is_a?(Vm::Value) and 
-                        from.is_a?(Vm::Value) and 
-                        !@attributes[:shift_lsr] and
-                        to.register == from.register
+#      raise inspect if  to.is_a?(Vm::Value) and 
+#                        from.is_a?(Vm::Value) and 
+#                        !@attributes[:shift_lsr] and
+#                        to.register == from.register
     end
     
     # arm intrucions are pretty sensible, and always 4 bytes (thumb not supported)

lib/ast/call_site_expression.rb

@@ -15,14 +15,18 @@ module Ast
         raise "uups #{clazz}.#{c_name}" unless clazz
         #class qualifier, means call from metaclass
         clazz = clazz.meta_class
+        value = clazz
+        puts "CLAZZ #{value}"
         function = clazz.get_or_create_function(name)
       elsif receiver.is_a? VariableExpression
         raise "not implemented instance var:#{receiver}"
       else
-        raise "not implemented case (dare i say system error):#{receiver}"
+        # should be case switch for basic tyes and dynamic dispatch for objects reference
+        value = context.locals[receiver.name]
+        function = context.current_class.get_or_create_function(name)
       end
       raise "No such method error #{clazz.to_s}:#{name}" if function == nil
-      call = Vm::CallSite.new( name ,  params  , function)
+      call = Vm::CallSite.new( name ,  value , params  , function)
       current_function = context.function
       current_function.save_locals(context , into) if current_function
       call.load_args into

lib/boot/object.rb

@@ -32,17 +32,17 @@ module Boot
         return get_function
       end
 
-      def _set_instance_variable(name , value)
+      def _set_instance_variable(context , name , value)
         raise name
       end
       
-      def _get_singleton_method(name )
+      def _get_singleton_method(context , name )
         raise name
       end
-      def _add_singleton_method(method)
+      def _add_singleton_method(context, method)
         raise "4"
       end
-      def initialize()
+      def initialize(context)
         raise "4"
       end
     end

lib/boot/string.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module Boot
+  class String
+    module ClassMethods
+      def get context , index = Vm::Integer
+        get_function = Vm::Function.new(:get , [Vm::Integer, Vm::Integer] , Vm::Integer )
+        return get_function
+      end
+      def set context , index = Vm::Integer , char = Vm::Integer
+        set_function = Vm::Function.new(:set , [Vm::Integer, Vm::Integer, Vm::Integer] , Vm::Integer )
+        return set_function
+      end
+    end
+    extend ClassMethods    
+  end
+end

lib/core/string.rb

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-module Core
-  class String
-    module ClassMethods
-    end
-    extend ClassMethods    
-  end
-end

lib/vm/boot_class.rb

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ module Vm
       end
       unless fun
         fun = Core::Kernel.send(name , @context)
-        return nil if fun == nil
         @functions << fun
       end
       fun
@@ -47,6 +46,9 @@ module Vm
     def inspect
       "BootClass #{@name} , super #{@super_class} #{@functions.length} functions"
     end
+    def to_s
+      inspect
+    end
     # Code interface follows. Note position is inheitted as is from Code
 
     # length of the class is the length of it's functions

lib/vm/boot_space.rb

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ require_relative "call_site"
 require "arm/arm_machine"
 require "core/kernel"
 require "boot/object"
+require "boot/string"
 
 module Vm
   # The BootSpace is contains all objects for a program. In functional terms it is a program, but on oo
@@ -48,6 +49,11 @@ module Vm
         puts "adding #{f}"
         obj.add_function Boot::Object.send(f , @context)
       end
+      obj = get_or_create_class :String
+      [:get , :set].each do |f|
+        puts "adding #{f}"
+        obj.add_function Boot::String.send(f , @context)
+      end
     end
     def add_object o
       return if @objects.include? o

lib/vm/call_site.rb

@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ module Vm
 
   class CallSite < Value
 
-    def initialize(name , args , function )
+    def initialize(name , value , args , function )
       @name = name
+      @value = value    
       @args = args
       @function = function
     end
-    attr_reader  :function , :args , :name
+    attr_reader  :function , :args , :name , :value
 
     def load_args into
       args.each_with_index do |arg , index|

lib/vm/constants.rb

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ module Vm
       @integer = int
     end
     attr_reader :integer
+    def value
+      @integer
+    end
   end
 
   # The name really says it all.

lib/vm/function.rb

@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ module Vm
     def new_local type = Vm::Integer
       register = args.length + @locals.length
       l = type.new(register + 1) # one for the type register 0, TODO add type as arg0 implicitly
-      raise "the red flag #{inspect}" if l.register > 6
+      puts "new local #{l.register}"
+#      raise "Register overflow in function #{name}" if l.register > 6
       @locals << l
       l
     end

lib/vm/meta_class.rb

@@ -30,8 +30,22 @@ module Vm
       puts "no function for #{name} in Meta #{@me_self.inspect}" unless f
       f
     end
+    # way of creating new functions that have not been parsed.
+    def get_or_create_function name 
+      fun = get_function name
+      unless fun or name == :Object
+        supr = @context.object_space.get_or_create_class(@super_class)
+        fun = supr.get_function name
+        puts "#{supr.functions.collect(&:name)} for #{name} GOT #{fun.class}" if name == :index_of
+      end
+      fun
+    end
+
     def inspect
-      "#{@me_self}, #{@functions.length} functions"
+      "MetaClass on #{@me_self}, #{@functions.length} functions"
+    end
+    def to_s 
+      inspect
     end
   end
 end

test/fragments/test_class.rb

@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ class TestClass < MiniTest::Test
     @string_input = <<HERE
 class Object
   def index_of( name )
-    return @layout.index_of(name) 
+    l = @layout
+    return l.index_of(name) 
   end
   def layout()
     return @layout
   end
   def class()
-    return @layout.class()
+    l = @layout
+    return l.class()
   end
 end
 class Class
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ HERE
     @should = [0x0,0xb0,0xa0,0xe3,0x2a,0x10,0xa0,0xe3,0x13,0x0,0x0,0xeb,0x1,0x70,0xa0,0xe3,0x0,0x0,0x0,0xef,0x0,0x70,0xa0,0xe1,0x0,0x40,0x2d,0xe9,0xa,0x30,0x42,0xe2,0x22,0x21,0x42,0xe0,0x22,0x22,0x82,0xe0,0x22,0x24,0x82,0xe0,0x22,0x28,0x82,0xe0,0xa2,0x21,0xa0,0xe1,0x2,0x41,0x82,0xe0,0x84,0x30,0x53,0xe0,0x1,0x20,0x82,0x52,0xa,0x30,0x83,0x42,0x30,0x30,0x83,0xe2,0x0,0x30,0xc1,0xe5,0x1,0x10,0x41,0xe2,0x0,0x0,0x52,0xe3,0xef,0xff,0xff,0x1b,0x0,0x80,0xbd,0xe8,0x0,0x40,0x2d,0xe9,0x1,0x20,0xa0,0xe1,0x20,0x10,0x8f,0xe2,0x9,0x10,0x81,0xe2,0xe9,0xff,0xff,0xeb,0x14,0x10,0x8f,0xe2,0xc,0x20,0xa0,0xe3,0x1,0x0,0xa0,0xe3,0x4,0x70,0xa0,0xe3,0x0,0x0,0x0,0xef,0x0,0x70,0xa0,0xe1,0x0,0x80,0xbd,0xe8,0x20,0x20,0x20,0x20,0x20,0x20,0x20,0x20,0x20,0x20,0x20,0x20]
     @output = "        42  "
     parse
-    @target = [:Object , :foo]
+    @target = [:String , :plus]
     write "class"
   end