module Phisol # collection of the simple ones, int and strings and such Compiler.class_eval do # Constant statements can by definition be evaluated at compile time. # But that does not solve their storage, ie they need to be accessible at runtime from _somewhere_ # So we view ConstantExpressions like functions that return the value of the constant. # In other words, their storage is the return slot as it would be for a method # The current approach moves the constant into a variable before using it # But in the future (in the one that holds great things) we optimize those unneccesay moves away def on_int statement int = statement.first reg = use_reg :Integer , int add_code Register::LoadConstant.new( statement, int , reg ) return reg end def on_true statement reg = use_reg :Boolean add_code Register::LoadConstant.new( statement, true , reg ) return reg end def on_false statement reg = use_reg :Boolean add_code Register::LoadConstant.new( statement, false , reg ) return reg end def on_nil statement reg = use_reg :NilClass add_code Register::LoadConstant.new( statement, nil , reg ) return reg end def on_string statement value = statement.first.to_sym reg = use_reg :Word @method.source.constants << value add_code Register::LoadConstant.new( statement, value , reg ) return reg end end end