comp_ctx: make resolveVarType's return type be nullable

- add a parameter to prevent unwanted side-effects of resolveVarType
 - add basics of resolving scope variables

src/analysis.zig

@@ -279,9 +279,9 @@ pub const TypeSolver = struct {
 
             .Variable => |vari| {
                 self.setErrToken(vari);
-                var metadata = try ctx.resolveVarType(vari.lexeme);
+                var metadata = try ctx.resolveVarType(vari.lexeme, true);
-                try ctx.insertMetadata(expr, metadata);
+                try ctx.insertMetadata(expr, metadata.?);
-                return metadata.typ;
+                return metadata.?.typ;
             },
 
             .Get => |get| {

src/codegen.zig

@@ -100,10 +100,7 @@ pub const Codegen = struct {
         builder: var,
         expr: *const ast.Expr,
     ) anyerror!llvm.LLVMValueRef {
-        // TODO if expr is Variable, we should do a variable lookup
+        // TODO Assign modifies the symbol table
-        // in a symbol table, going up in scope, etc.
-
-        // TODO Assign modify symbol table
         return switch (expr.*) {
 
             // TODO handle all literals, construct llvm values for them
@@ -242,22 +239,27 @@ pub const Codegen = struct {
 
                 var metadata = kv_opt.?.value;
 
+                var buf = try self.allocator.alloc(u8, 512);
+                errdefer self.allocator.free(buf);
+
+                var load_str = try std.fmt.bufPrint(buf, "{}_loaded", vari.lexeme);
+
+                var load_cstr = try std.cstr.addNullByte(self.allocator, load_str);
+                errdefer self.allocator.free(load_cstr);
+
+                std.debug.warn("!! LOAD FROM VAR META {}\n", @ptrToInt(metadata));
+
                 return switch (metadata.using) {
                     .Function => blk: {
                         var param = metadata.from_function.?.parameters.get(vari.lexeme).?.value;
-
-                        var buf = try self.allocator.alloc(u8, 512);
-                        errdefer self.allocator.free(buf);
-
-                        var load_str = try std.fmt.bufPrint(buf, "{}_loaded", param.name);
-
-                        var load_cstr = try std.cstr.addNullByte(self.allocator, load_str);
-                        errdefer self.allocator.free(load_cstr);
-
                         break :blk llvm.LLVMBuildLoad(builder, param.llvm_alloca.?, load_cstr.ptr);
                     },
 
-                    .Scope => @panic("TODO local variables"),
+                    .Scope => blk: {
+                        var llvm_alloca = metadata.llvm_alloca.?;
+                        //var var_typ = metadata.from_scope.?.env.get(vari.lexeme).?.value;
+                        break :blk llvm.LLVMBuildLoad(builder, llvm_alloca, load_cstr.ptr);
+                    },
                 };
             },
 
@@ -367,7 +369,7 @@ pub const Codegen = struct {
                 // analyze pass and the current scope contains the variable's
                 // type(hopefully), so we resolve it
                 const name = vardecl.name.lexeme;
-                var var_metadata = try self.ctx.resolveVarType(name);
+                var var_metadata = (try self.ctx.resolveVarType(name, false)).?;
 
                 var name_cstr = try std.cstr.addNullByte(self.allocator, name);
                 errdefer self.allocator.free(name_cstr);
@@ -381,8 +383,11 @@ pub const Codegen = struct {
                 );
 
                 stmt.*.VarDecl.llvm_alloca = variable;
+
                 var_metadata.*.llvm_alloca = variable;
 
+                std.debug.warn("!! DECL VAR {} => {}\n", @ptrToInt(var_metadata), variable);
+
                 var llvm_expr = try self.emitExpr(builder, vardecl.value);
                 _ = llvm.LLVMBuildStore(builder, llvm_expr, variable);
             },

src/comp_ctx.zig

@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ pub const VariableMetadata = struct {
         typ: SymbolUnderlyingType,
     ) !*VariableMetadata {
         var meta = try allocator.create(VariableMetadata);
+        std.debug.warn("VARMETA create from scope={}, meta={}\n", @ptrToInt(scope), @ptrToInt(meta));
         meta.* = VariableMetadata{ .typ = typ, .from_scope = scope, .using = .Scope };
         return meta;
     }
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ pub const VariableMetadata = struct {
         typ: SymbolUnderlyingType,
     ) !*VariableMetadata {
         var meta = try allocator.create(VariableMetadata);
+        std.debug.warn("VARMETA create from fndecl={}, meta={}\n", @ptrToInt(func), @ptrToInt(meta));
         meta.* = VariableMetadata{ .typ = typ, .from_function = func, .using = .Function };
         return meta;
     }
@@ -362,35 +364,53 @@ pub const CompilationContext = struct {
         self: *@This(),
         scope_opt: ?*Scope,
         name: []const u8,
+        create_meta: bool,
     ) error{OutOfMemory}!?*VariableMetadata {
         if (scope_opt == null) return null;
         var scope = scope_opt.?;
 
         var kv_opt = scope.env.get(name);
         if (kv_opt) |kv| {
-            return try VariableMetadata.withScope(self.allocator, scope, kv.value);
+            if (create_meta) {
+                return try VariableMetadata.withScope(
+                    self.allocator,
+                    scope,
+                    kv.value,
+                );
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
         } else {
-            return self.resolveVarTypeInScope(scope.parent, name);
+            return self.resolveVarTypeInScope(scope.parent, name, create_meta);
         }
     }
 
     /// Resolve a given name's type, assuming it is a variable.
-    pub fn resolveVarType(self: *@This(), name: []const u8) !*VariableMetadata {
+    pub fn resolveVarType(
+        self: *@This(),
+        name: []const u8,
+        create_meta: bool,
+    ) !?*VariableMetadata {
         var var_type: ?*VariableMetadata = null;
 
         if (self.current_scope) |scope| {
-            var_type = try self.resolveVarTypeInScope(scope, name);
+            var_type = try self.resolveVarTypeInScope(scope, name, create_meta);
             if (var_type) |typ| return typ;
         }
 
         if (self.cur_function) |cur_function| {
             var kv_opt = cur_function.parameters.get(name);
-            if (kv_opt) |kv|
+            if (kv_opt) |kv| {
-                return try VariableMetadata.withParam(
+                if (create_meta) {
-                    self.allocator,
+                    return try VariableMetadata.withParam(
-                    cur_function,
+                        self.allocator,
-                    kv.value.typ,
+                        cur_function,
-                );
+                        kv.value.typ,
+                    );
+                } else {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         std.debug.warn("Unknown name {}\n", name);
@@ -399,6 +419,7 @@ pub const CompilationContext = struct {
 
     pub fn insertMetadata(self: *@This(), ptr: *const ast.Expr, metadata: *VariableMetadata) !void {
         std.debug.assert(ast.ExprType(ptr.*) == .Variable);
+        std.debug.warn("COMP CTX inserting metadata, expr={}, meta={}\n", @ptrToInt(ptr), @ptrToInt(metadata));
         _ = try self.metadata_map.put(ptr, metadata);
     }
 };