rubyx/lib/virtual/instructions/control.rb
2014-10-05 01:13:43 +03:00

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module Virtual
# the first instruction we need is to stop. Off course in a real machine this would be a syscall, but that is just
# an implementation (in a programm it would be a function).
# But in a virtual machine, not only do we need this instruction,
# it is indeed the first instruction as just this instruction is the smallest possible programm for the machine.
# As such it is the next instruction for any first instruction that we generate.
class Halt < Instruction
end
# MethodCall involves shuffling some registers about and doing a machine call
class MethodCall < Instruction
def initialize method
@method = method
end
attr_reader :method
end
# also the return shuffles our objects beck before actually transferring control
class MethodReturn < Instruction
end
# a branch must branch to a block. This is an abstract class, names indicate the actual test
class Branch < Instruction
def initialize to
@to = to
end
attr_reader :to
end
# implicit means there is no explcit test involved.
# normal ruby rules are false and nil are false, EVERYTHING else is true (and that includes 0)
class ImplicitBranch < Branch
end
class UnconditionalBranch < Branch
end
end