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author_ov4 <ov4@ov4.org>2026-10-16 10:09:47 +0000
committer_ov4 <ov4@ov4.org>2026-10-16 10:09:47 +0000
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feat(constants): implement literal constants with lexical scope
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ test programs.
- **`getExprTypeInfo` returns nullptr** for expressions it can't classify (null-check it
at any new call site) and internally defaults to INTEGER for arithmetic binaries and
unknown-function calls; OUTPUT reports an error for a nullptr result.
+- **CONSTANT** accepts only literals (including negative numeric literals), never expressions or other names. Constants have lexical block scope and may shadow outer names; bindings hiding constants are restored on block exit too. Only previously declared top-level constants are inherited by functions. Constants have no writable storage: assignment, INPUT, READFILE targets, FOR variables, BYREF and address-of are rejected.
- **CASE OF** reads its selector once and tests expression labels in source order, with inclusive TO ranges and an optional final OTHERWISE. Label headers occupy their own source line; bodies may begin after the colon or on subsequent lines. Comparisons reuse ordinary operator rules; records and whole arrays are unsupported.
-- The lexer emits no newline tokens; the grammar is purely keyword-delimited. Bare
- `RETURN` is recognized before block terminators, including CATCH and ENDTRY.
+- The lexer emits no newline tokens; most grammar is keyword-delimited, while CASE
+ uses token line information to recognize labels. Bare `RETURN` is recognized
+ before block terminators and the next CASE label.
- `verifyModule` runs at the end of `compile()`; invalid modules make the driver
exit non-zero without writing IR.
- The FOR loop variable must be pre-DECLAREd as INTEGER; FOR reuses that alloca. The
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ test programs.
## Not implemented (9618 features)
-CONSTANT, SET types (`SET`/`DEFINE` are reserved with dedicated errors),
+SET types (`SET`/`DEFINE` are reserved with dedicated errors),
random files (OPENFILE...FOR RANDOM/SEEK/GETRECORD/PUTRECORD — TYPE is done, so these
are unblocked now; the RANDOM keyword is reserved and gives a dedicated parse error),
DATE, INPUT into array elements, string escape sequences,