add incomplete ConstantLong instruction

- move ValueList's count to usize for ConstantLong

src/chunk.zig

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
 // hack. ugly hack. zig has compiler crash.
 const AllOpcodes = struct {
     pub Constant: u8 = 0,
-    pub Return: u8 = 1,
+    pub ConstantLong: u8 = 1,
+    pub Return: u8 = 2,
 };
 
 pub const OpCode = AllOpcodes{};
@@ -36,6 +37,32 @@ fn constantInstruction(
     return offset + 2;
 }
 
+fn constantLongInstruction(
+    stdout: var,
+    comptime name: []const u8,
+    chunk: *Chunk,
+    offset: usize,
+) !usize {
+    // get the constant's index in constants slice
+    var v0: u8 = chunk.code[offset + 3];
+    var v1: u8 = chunk.code[offset + 2];
+    var v2: u8 = chunk.code[offset + 1];
+
+    // TODO: this does not work. just decreased first term
+    // to fix a compile error.
+
+    // we should also move the actual printing into its own
+    // function too since constantInstruction and
+    // constantLongInstruction share code.
+    var idx: u24 = (v2 << 4) | (v1 << 7) | v0;
+
+    try stdout.print("\t{}\t{} '", name, idx);
+    try value.printValue(stdout, chunk.constants.values[idx]);
+    try stdout.print("'\n");
+
+    return offset + 2;
+}
+
 pub const Chunk = struct {
     count: usize,
     lines: []usize,
@@ -77,6 +104,24 @@ pub const Chunk = struct {
         return self.constants.count - 1;
     }
 
+    pub fn writeConstant(self: *Chunk, val: value.Value, line: usize) !void {
+        try self.constants.write(val);
+        var constant_idx = self.constants.count - 1;
+
+        if (constant_idx < 256) {
+            try self.write(OpCode.Constant, line);
+            try self.write(@intCast(u8, constant_idx), line);
+        } else {
+            // TODO: convert the usize to u24, and from
+            // u24, split it into three u8's.
+
+            // also convert from u8 back to u24.
+            // i know that we can do from two u8's to go to a u16
+            // with (v1 << 7) | v0.
+            try self.write(0, line);
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn disassembleInstruction(
         self: *Chunk,
         stdout: var,
@@ -96,6 +141,13 @@ pub const Chunk = struct {
             return try simpleInstruction(stdout, "OP_RETURN", index);
         } else if (instruction == OpCode.Constant) {
             return try constantInstruction(stdout, "OP_CONSTANT", self, index);
+        } else if (instruction == OpCode.ConstantLong) {
+            return try constantLongInstruction(
+                stdout,
+                "OP_CONSTANT_LONG",
+                self,
+                index,
+            );
         } else {
             try stdout.print("Unknown opcode: {}\n", instruction);
             return index + 1;

src/main.zig

@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     //var opcode_byte: u8 = @enumToInt(chunk.OpCode.Return);
     //try chk.write(chunk.OpCode.Return);
 
-    var constant = try chk.addConstant(1.2);
+    var constant = try chk.writeConstant(1.2, 123);
-    try chk.write(chunk.OpCode.Constant, 123);
-    try chk.write(constant, 123);
     try chk.write(chunk.OpCode.Return, 123);
 
     try chk.disassemble(stdout, "test chunk");

src/value.zig

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub fn printValue(stdout: var, value: Value) !void {
 }
 
 pub const ValueList = struct {
-    count: u8,
+    count: usize,
     values: []Value,
     allocator: *Allocator,