Scope system rework

[serkonda7]

Continuously updated

Tracker for details regarding the current and future form of Bait's scope system.

Changes will be split up into multiple PRs.

Status Quo

Hierarchy:

global scope
+-- file 1
  +-- blocks
    +-- ...
  +-- ...
+-- file 2
+-- ...

Storage:

table.Table.global_scope &ast.Scope

Contents high-level:

• global scope
  • consts
  • globals
  • foreign types
• file scope
  • import aliases
  • functions
• block scope
  • everything else

ScopeObject value variants:

// normal
Obj{
  name = full.pkg.name
  pkg = full.pkg
}

// builtin
Obj{
  name = name
  pkg = "builtin"
}

// ffi
Obj{
  name = LANG.pkg.name
  pkg = full.pkg
  lang = lang
}

Goal

Hierarchy:

universe
+-- ffi
+-- pkg 1
  +-- block (file 1)
    +-- blocks
      +-- ...
  +-- block (file 2)
  +-- ...
+-- pkg 2
+-- ...

Storage:

table.Table.pkg_scopes map[string]&ast.Scope

Contents high-level:

• universe
  • primitive types
• FFI
  • all C / JS declarations depending on the backend
• package scope
  • globals
  • constants
  • functions
• block scope (file toplevel)
  • import aliases
• block scope (sub blocks)
  • everything else

ScopeObject value variants:

// normal
table.pkg_scopes[full.pkg]Obj{
  name = name
}

// builtin
table.pkg_scopes["builtin"]Obj{
  name = name
}

// ffi
table.pkg_scopes["FFI"]Obj{
  name = pkg.name
  lang = lang // this might not even be needed
}

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Progress:

• 248

  • constants in FFI scope
  • globals in pkg scope

• 251

  • constants in pkg scope
  • remove Table.global_scope
  • start design document