add number and comment support

src/main.zig

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fn run(allocator: *Allocator, data: []u8) !void {
     var scanner = scanners.Scanner.init(allocator, data);
 
     while (true) {
-        var tok = scanner.nextToken() catch |err| {
+        var tok_opt = scanner.nextToken() catch |err| {
             try stdout.print(
                 "error at '{}': {}\n",
                 scanner.currentLexeme(),
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ fn run(allocator: *Allocator, data: []u8) !void {
 
             return Result.CompileError;
         };
-        if (tok.ttype == .EOF) break;
-        try stdout.print("{x}\n", tok);
+
+        if (tok_opt) |tok| {
+            if (tok.ttype == .EOF) break;
+            try stdout.print("{x}\n", tok);
+        }
     }
 
     return Result.Ok;

src/scanner.zig

@@ -173,15 +173,40 @@ pub const Scanner = struct {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn nextToken(self: *Scanner) !Token {
+    /// Consume a number.
+    /// Returns either an Integer or a Float token. Proper typing
+    /// of the number (i32 i64 u32 u64 f32 f64) are for the parser.
+    fn doNumber(self: *Scanner) Token {
+        var ttype = TokenType.Integer;
+
+        while (isDigit(self.peek())) {
+            _ = self.advance();
+        }
+
+        // check if its a number like 12.34, where the '.' character
+        // exists and the one next to it is a digit.
+        if (self.peek() == '.' and isDigit(self.peekNext())) {
+            ttype = TokenType.Float;
+
+            _ = self.advance();
+            while (isDigit(self.peek())) {
+                _ = self.advance();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return self.makeToken(ttype);
+    }
+
+    pub fn nextToken(self: *Scanner) !?Token {
         self.skipWhitespace();
         self.start = self.current;
 
         if (self.isAtEnd()) return self.makeToken(TokenType.EOF);
 
         var c = self.advance();
+        if (isDigit(c)) return self.doNumber();
 
-        var token = switch (c) {
+        var token: ?Token = switch (c) {
             '(' => self.makeToken(.LeftParen),
             ')' => self.makeToken(.RightParen),
             '{' => self.makeToken(.LeftBrace),
@@ -197,6 +222,10 @@ pub const Scanner = struct {
             '?' => self.makeToken(.QuestionMark),
             '$' => self.makeToken(.DollarSign),
 
+            '-' => self.makeToken(.Minus),
+            '+' => self.makeToken(.Plus),
+            '*' => self.makeToken(.Star),
+
             '!' => self.makeMatchToken('=', .BangEqual, .Bang),
             '=' => self.makeMatchToken('=', .EqualEqual, .Equal),
 
@@ -215,6 +244,18 @@ pub const Scanner = struct {
             },
             '>' => self.makeMatchToken('=', .GreaterEqual, .Greater),
 
+            '/' => blk: {
+                if (self.peekNext() == '/') {
+                    while (self.peek() != '\n' and !self.isAtEnd()) {
+                        _ = self.advance();
+                    }
+
+                    break :blk null;
+                } else {
+                    break :blk self.makeToken(.Slash);
+                }
+            },
+
             else => return ScannerError.Unexpected,
         };