Created structs needed to represent a data section

parser/body.go

@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ func (parser *ParsingOperation) parseBody () (err error) {
 	switch parser.token.Value().(string) {
 	case "data":
 	case "type":
-	case "func":
 	case "face":
+	case "enum":
+	case "func":
 	}
 
 	return

parser/tree.go

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package parser
 
+import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/arf/file"
+import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/arf/types"
+
 // SyntaxTree represents an abstract syntax tree. It covers an entire module. It
 // can be expected to be syntactically correct, but it might not be semantically
 // correct (because it has not been analyzed yet.)
@@ -9,3 +12,132 @@ type SyntaxTree struct {
 
 	requires []string
 }
+
+// Identifier represents a chain of arguments separated by a dot.
+type Identifier struct {
+	location file.Location
+	trail []Argument
+}
+
+// TypeKind represents what kind of type a type is
+type TypeKind int
+
+const (
+	// TypeKindBasic either means it's a primitive, or it inherits from
+	// something.
+	TypeKindBasic TypeKind = iota
+
+	// TypeKindPointer means it's a pointer
+	TypeKindPointer
+
+	// TypeKindArray means it's an array.
+	TypeKindArray
+)
+
+// Type represents a type specifier
+type Type struct {
+	location file.Location
+
+	mutable bool
+	kind TypeKind
+
+	// only applicable for arrays. a value of zero means it has an
+	// undefined/dynamic length.
+	length uint64
+
+	// not applicable for pointers.
+        name Identifier
+
+	// only applicable for pointers.
+	points *Type
+}
+
+// Declaration represents a variable declaration.
+type Declaration struct {
+	location file.Location
+	name     string
+	
+	what  Type
+	value []Argument
+}
+
+// ObjectAttribute represents a notation to initialize object attributes. It
+// contains a name, and the value that the attribute should be initialized to.
+type ObjectAttribute struct {
+	location file.Location
+	name     string
+	value    Argument
+}
+
+// Phrase represents a function call or operator. In ARF they are the same
+// syntactical concept.
+type Phrase struct {
+	location  file.Location
+	command   Argument
+	arguments []Argument
+	returnsTo []Argument
+}
+
+// ArgumentKind specifies the type of thing the value of an argument should be
+// cast to.
+type ArgumentKind int
+
+const (
+	// [name argument]
+	// [name argument argument]
+	// etc...
+	ArgumentKindPhrase ArgumentKind = iota
+
+	// , name value
+	ArgumentKindObjectAttribute
+
+	// name.name
+	// name.name.name
+	// etc...
+	ArgumentKindIdentifier
+
+	// name:Type
+	// name:{Type}
+	// name:{Type ...}
+	// name:{Type 23}
+	// etc...
+	ArgumentKindDeclaration
+
+	// -1337
+	ArgumentKindInt
+
+	// 1337
+	ArgumentKindUInt
+
+	// 0.44
+	ArgumentKindFloat
+
+	// "hello world"
+	ArgumentKindString
+
+	// 'S'
+	ArgumentKindRune
+
+	// + - * / etc...
+	ArgumentKindOperator
+)
+
+// Argument represents a value that can be placed anywhere a value goes. This
+// allows things like phrases being arguments to other phrases.
+type Argument struct {
+	location file.Location
+	what     ArgumentKind
+	value    any
+	// TODO: if there is an argument expansion operator its existence should
+	// be stored here in a boolean.
+}
+
+// DataSection represents a global variable.
+type DataSection struct {
+	location file.Location
+	name     string
+	
+	what       Type
+	value      []Argument
+	permission types.Permission
+}

tests/parser/data/main.arf

@@ -15,13 +15,23 @@ data wr integerArrayInitialized:{Int 16}
 	340 0 2304 0 4785 92
 
 data wr object:Obj
-	: this 324
-	: that 2139
+	, this 324
+	, that 2139
 
 data wr nestedObject:Obj
-	: this
-		: bird0 324
-		: bird1 "hello world"
-	: that
-		: bird2 123.8439
-		: bird3 9328.21348239
+	, this
+		, bird0 324
+		, bird1 "hello world"
+	, that
+		, bird2 123.8439
+		, bird3 9328.21348239
+
+
+# parsing an object literal 
+func rr main
+	---
+	[let object:Obj
+		, this 324
+		, that 2139]
+	
+	let object:Obj , this 324 , that 2139