fix var declarations by making them expressions

examples/hello.v

@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ fn main(a int) int {
 	1 + 2 + 3 + 4
 	1 + 1 * 1
 	3 / (51 + 2)
-	a := 1+2
+	mut a := 1+2
-	println(2 * 1956 + a)
+	a = 2
 }

src/ast.zig

@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ pub const AssignExpr = struct {
 
 pub const ExprType = enum {
     Assign,
+
+    // vardecls as expressions is a hack
+    VarDecl,
+
     Binary,
     Unary,
     Literal,
@@ -68,8 +72,14 @@ pub const ExprType = enum {
     Grouping,
 };
 
+pub const VarDecl = struct {
+    assign: AssignExpr,
+    mutable: bool = false,
+};
+
 pub const Expr = union(ExprType) {
     Assign: AssignExpr,
+    VarDecl: VarDecl,
     Binary: BinaryExpr,
     Unary: UnaryExpr,
     Literal: LiteralExpr,
@@ -77,34 +87,25 @@ pub const Expr = union(ExprType) {
     Grouping: *Expr,
 };
 
-pub const VarDecl = struct {
+// TODO
-    name: Token,
+//pub const IfStmt = struct {
-    initializer: *Expr,
+//    condition: *Expr,
-    mutable: bool = false,
+//    then_branch: *StmtList,
-};
+//    else_branch: *StmtList,
+//};
 
 pub const Stmt = union(enum) {
     Expr: *Expr,
     Println: *Expr,
-    VarDecl: VarDecl,
+
+    // TODO
+    //If: IfStmt,
 
     pub fn mkPrintln(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, expr: *Expr) !*Stmt {
         var println = try allocator.create(Stmt);
         println.* = Stmt{ .Println = expr };
         return println;
     }
-
-    pub fn mkVarDecl(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, name: Token, init: *Expr, mutable: bool) !*Stmt {
-        var vardecl = try allocator.create(Stmt);
-        vardecl.* = Stmt{
-            .VarDecl = VarDecl{
-                .name = name,
-                .initializer = init,
-                .mutable = mutable,
-            },
-        };
-        return vardecl;
-    }
 };
 
 pub const Node = union(NodeType) {
@@ -223,10 +224,23 @@ pub fn printExpr(expr: *Expr) void {
 
         .Variable => |token| std.debug.warn("{}", token.lexeme),
 
+        .VarDecl => |decl| {
+            if (decl.mutable) {
+                std.debug.warn("(mut ");
+            } else {
+                std.debug.warn("(");
+            }
+
+            std.debug.warn("let {} ", decl.assign.name.lexeme);
+            printExpr(decl.assign.value);
+            std.debug.warn(")");
+        },
+
         .Assign => |assign| {
-            std.debug.warn("(let ");
+            std.debug.warn("(set ");
             std.debug.warn("{} ", assign.name.lexeme);
             printExpr(assign.value);
+            std.debug.warn(")");
         },
 
         else => std.debug.warn("UnknownExpr-{}", @tagName(expr.*)),
@@ -237,14 +251,6 @@ pub fn printStmt(stmt: *Stmt) void {
     switch (stmt.*) {
         .Println => |expr| parenthetize("println", &[_]*Expr{expr}),
         .Expr => |expr| printExpr(expr),
-
-        .VarDecl => |decl| {
-            if (decl.mutable)
-                std.debug.warn("mut ");
-            std.debug.warn("assign {} := ", decl.name.lexeme);
-            printExpr(decl.initializer);
-        },
-
         else => std.debug.warn("UnknownStmt-{}", @tagName(stmt.*)),
     }
 }

src/parser.zig

@@ -206,6 +206,21 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
         return expr;
     }
 
+    fn mkVarDecl(self: *@This(), name: Token, value: *Expr, mutable: bool) !*Expr {
+        var vardecl = try self.allocator.create(Expr);
+        vardecl.* = Expr{
+            .VarDecl = ast.VarDecl{
+                .assign = ast.AssignExpr{
+                    .name = name,
+                    .value = value,
+                },
+                .mutable = mutable,
+            },
+        };
+
+        return vardecl;
+    }
+
     fn mkBool(self: *Parser, val: bool) !*ast.Expr {
         var expr = try self.allocator.create(Expr);
         expr.* = Expr{
@@ -410,21 +425,7 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
     }
 
     fn parseDecl(self: *@This()) !*Stmt {
-        return switch (self.peek().ttype) {
+        return try self.parseStmt();
-            .Mut => try self.parseMutVarDecl(),
-            else => try self.parseStmt(),
-        };
-    }
-
-    fn parseMutVarDecl(self: *@This()) !*Stmt {
-        _ = try self.consumeSingle(.Mut);
-
-        var name = try self.consumeSingle(.Identifier);
-
-        _ = try self.consumeSingle(.Equal);
-        var initializer = (try self.parseExpr()).Expr;
-
-        return try Stmt.mkVarDecl(self.allocator, name, initializer, true);
     }
 
     fn parseStmt(self: *@This()) anyerror!*Stmt {
@@ -457,18 +458,43 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
     }
 
     fn parseAssignment(self: *@This()) anyerror!*Expr {
+        // there can be two types coming out of this function:
+        //  - a mutable/immutable variable declaration with :=
+        //  - an assignment to a variable with =
+
+        // one is a statement, other is an expression. since the normal result
+        // of this is an Expr, we wrap variable assignments in an Expr as well.
+        var mutable: bool = false;
+
+        std.debug.warn("start assignment pass with cur={}\n", self.peek());
+
+        if (self.check(.Mut)) {
+            _ = try self.consumeSingle(.Mut);
+            mutable = true;
+        }
+
         var expr = try self.parseEquality();
+        std.debug.warn("lvalue: {}, cur: {}\n", expr, self.peek());
 
-        if (self.check(.ColonEqual)) {
+        var value: *Expr = undefined;
-            var op = try self.consumeSingle(.ColonEqual);
-            var value = try self.parseAssignment();
 
-            if (ast.ExprType(expr.*) == .Variable) {
+        var op: Token = undefined;
-                return try self.mkAssign(expr.Variable, value);
+
+        if (self.check(.ColonEqual) or self.check(.Equal)) {
+            op = self.peek();
+            _ = try self.nextToken();
+            value = try self.parseAssignment();
+
+            if (ast.ExprType(expr.*) != .Variable) {
+                self.doError("Invalid assignment target");
+                return Result.CompileError;
             }
 
-            self.doError("Invalid assignment target");
+            switch (op.ttype) {
-            return Result.CompileError;
+                .ColonEqual => return try self.mkVarDecl(expr.Variable, value, mutable),
+                .Equal => return try self.mkAssign(expr.Variable, value),
+                else => unreachable,
+            }
         }
 
         return expr;