Add comments to the various function calling functions.

There are a lot of them, and they're fairly arcane.
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Danila Fedorin 2018-05-27 18:09:28 -07:00
parent 99c36be175
commit b0a25fd53f

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@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ libab_result _interpreter_create_num_val(struct interpreter_state* state,
return result;
}
/**
* Checks if the given type reference contains any placeholder types.
* @param type the type to check.
* @return whether the type has placeholders.
*/
int _interpreter_type_contains_placeholders(libab_ref* type) {
size_t index = 0;
int placeholder;
@ -58,6 +63,15 @@ int _interpreter_type_contains_placeholders(libab_ref* type) {
return placeholder;
}
/**
* Compares the two types, filling in any missing type parameters
* in the respective type tries.
* @param left_type the left type to compare.
* @param right_type the right type to compare.
* @pram left_params the trie into which to store left parameters.
* @param right_params the trie into which to store right parameters.
* @param result the result of the operation.
*/
libab_result _interpreter_compare_types(libab_ref* left_type,
libab_ref* right_type,
libab_ref_trie* left_params,
@ -140,6 +154,14 @@ void _free_parsetype(void* parsetype) {
free(parsetype);
}
/**
* Copies a type, substituting type parameters for their copies
* from the parameter trie.
* @param type the type to copy.
* @param params the type parameter map.
* @param into the copy destination.
* @return result the result of the operation.
*/
libab_result _interpreter_copy_resolved_type(libab_ref* type,
libab_ref_trie* params,
libab_ref* into) {
@ -193,6 +215,13 @@ libab_result _interpreter_copy_resolved_type(libab_ref* type,
return result;
}
/**
* Gets a type of with its template types substituted with types
* from the parameters trie.
* @param type the type into which to substitute.
* @param params the map of param names to their types.
* @param into the reference into which to store the type.
*/
libab_result _interpreter_resolve_type_params(libab_ref* type,
libab_ref_trie* params,
libab_ref* into) {
@ -205,6 +234,14 @@ libab_result _interpreter_resolve_type_params(libab_ref* type,
return result;
}
/**
* Takes a list of types and a list of parameters that have to match these types,
* and computes the actual types that these parameters should be given, storing them
* into a third, pre-initialized vector. On error, clears the output vector.
* @param reference_types the types to check against.
* @param params the paramters to check.
* @param types the destination for the new types.
*/
libab_result _interpreter_check_types(libab_ref_vec* reference_types,
libab_ref_vec* params,
libab_ref_vec* types) {
@ -261,6 +298,16 @@ libab_result _interpreter_check_types(libab_ref_vec* reference_types,
return result;
}
/**
* Checks through a list of functions, and finds a function that matches the given
* paramters.
* @param function_value the list of functions to search.
* @param parmas the parameters that the function must be able to accept.
* @param new_types the types that the parameters have to be cast to to be accepted
* by this function. This variable is only initialized if a match is found.
* @param match the reference into which to store the function value to call, if any.
* @return the result of the operation.
*/
libab_result _interpreter_find_match(libab_function_list* function_values,
libab_ref_vec* params,
libab_ref_vec* new_types, libab_ref* match,
@ -335,6 +382,12 @@ libab_result _interpreter_find_match(libab_function_list* function_values,
return result;
}
/**
* Create a new value with the same data and a new type.
* @param param the value to cast.
* @param type the new type.
* @param into the reference into which to store the new value.
*/
libab_result _interpreter_cast_param(libab_ref* param, libab_ref* type,
libab_ref_vec* into) {
libab_result result = LIBAB_SUCCESS;
@ -350,6 +403,13 @@ libab_result _interpreter_cast_param(libab_ref* param, libab_ref* type,
return result;
}
/**
* Casts a list of parameters to the given list of types.
* @param params the parameters to cast.
* @param new_types the types to cast to.
* @param into the pre-initialized vector to store the new values into.
* @return the result of any allocations.
*/
libab_result _interpreter_cast_params(libab_ref_vec* params,
libab_ref_vec* new_types,
libab_ref_vec* into) {
@ -371,12 +431,27 @@ libab_result _interpreter_cast_params(libab_ref_vec* params,
return result;
}
/**
* Calls a tree-based function with the given parameters.
* @param tree the tree function to call.
* @param the parameters to give to the function.
* @param into the reference to store the result into;
* @return the result of the call.
*/
libab_result _interpreter_call_tree(libab_tree* tree, libab_ref_vec* params,
libab_ref* into) {
libab_result result = LIBAB_SUCCESS;
return result;
}
/**
* Calls the given behavior with the given parameters.
* @param state the state in which to perform the call.
* @param behavior the behavior to clal.
* @param params the parameters to give to the behavior.
* @param into the reference into which to store the result of the call.
* @return libab_result the result of the call.
*/
libab_result _interpreter_call_behavior(struct interpreter_state* state,
libab_behavior* behavior,
libab_ref_vec* params,
@ -390,6 +465,14 @@ libab_result _interpreter_call_behavior(struct interpreter_state* state,
return result;
}
/**
* Calls a function with the given, compatible paramters.
* @param state the state to use to call the function.
* @param to_call the function value to call.
* @param params the parameters to pass to the function.
* @param into the reference into which to store the result.
* @return the result of the call.
*/
libab_result _interpreter_perform_function_call(struct interpreter_state* state,
libab_value* to_call,
libab_ref_vec* params,
@ -407,6 +490,15 @@ libab_result _interpreter_perform_function_call(struct interpreter_state* state,
return result;
}
/**
* Casts the parameters to the given new types, then calls a function.
* @param state the state to use to call.
* @param to_call the function to call.
* @param params the parameters to cast then pass to the function.
* @param new_types the types to cast the params to.
* @param into the reference to store the result of the call into.
* @return the result of the call.
*/
libab_result _interpreter_cast_and_perform_function_call(
struct interpreter_state* state,
libab_ref* to_call, libab_ref_vec* params, libab_ref_vec* new_types,
@ -432,6 +524,14 @@ libab_result _interpreter_cast_and_perform_function_call(
return result;
}
/**
* Calls a function list with the given parameters.
* @param state the state to use to call the list.
* @param list the list to call.
* @param params the parameters to pass to the function list.
* @param into the reference into which to store the result of the call.
* @return the result of the call.
*/
libab_result _interpreter_call_function_list(struct interpreter_state* state,
libab_function_list* list,
libab_ref_vec* params,
@ -466,6 +566,14 @@ libab_result _interpreter_call_function_list(struct interpreter_state* state,
return result;
}
/**
* Calls a function with the given parameters.
* @param state the state to use to call the.
* @param function the function to call.
* @param params the parameters to pass to the function.
* @param into the reference into which to store the result of the call.
* @return the result of the call.
*/
libab_result _interpreter_call_function(struct interpreter_state* state,
libab_ref* function,
libab_ref_vec* params,
@ -496,6 +604,14 @@ libab_result _interpreter_call_function(struct interpreter_state* state,
return result;
}
/**
* Attempts to call a value of unknown type.
* @param state the state in which to run the code.
* @param value the value which is being called.
* @param params the parameters given to the value.
* @param into the reference into which to store the output of the call.
* @return the result of the call.
*/
libab_result _interpreter_try_call(struct interpreter_state* state,
libab_ref* value, libab_ref_vec* params,
libab_ref* into) {
@ -520,6 +636,15 @@ libab_result _interpreter_try_call(struct interpreter_state* state,
return result;
}
/**
* Casts the paramters of an operator, and calls it.
* @param state the state in which to perform the call on the operator.
* @param to_call the operator to call.
* @param params the parameters to give to the operator.
* @param new_types the types to which to cast the parameters.
* @param into the reference into which to store the result of the cold.
* @return the result of the call.
*/
libab_result _interpreter_cast_and_perform_operator_call(
struct interpreter_state* state,
libab_operator* to_call, libab_ref_vec* params, libab_ref_vec* new_types,