Commit Graph
3 Commits
Author SHA1 Message Date
Adrien Leravat d0645c6a85 Explorer: rename value categories to expression categories (#2744)
Rename value categories to expression categories based on [Discord discussion](https://discord.com/channels/655572317891461132/753021843459538996/1092924035517665332) regarding naming and behavior.

>* let expression -> value expression
>* var expression -> reference expression
>* located expression -> initializing expression
>So:
>- "value expressions" produce values (with no associated location). "reference expressions" produce a location of an existing value. "initializing expressions" take a location and initialize it.
>- A let binding is initialized by a value expression, because lets represent values (with category conversions performed as needed, but if a conversion is performed from a different category of expression, the value of the object is pinned for the lifetime of the let).
>- A var binding is initialized by an initializing expression, without performing a copy (with category conversions performed as needed, calling a copy constructor if the initializer is a different expression category).
>- The & operator requires a reference expression, and it's an error to give it other kinds.
>- The left-hand side of . requires a value expression when calling a function with a non-addr receiver, and requires a reference expression when calling a function with an addr receiver (it's an error to give it a value expression, and for an initializing expression, a temporary is materialized).

Changes
* Rename "value category" to "expression category"
* Rename Var and Let value categories to Value, Reference, and Initializing expression
* Rename `lvalue` to `location` (most of the time)
2023-04-05 16:16:10 -07:00
Richard Smith 782bd87316 AST cloning mechanism (#2699)
This is intended to be used for template instantiation, but for now takes no stance as to what it's cloning.

This is tested by parsing and cloning all of our test files, and checking that the result of converting each AST to proto is the same as the result of cloning and then converting each AST to proto.
2023-03-21 12:36:05 -07:00
Richard Smith 47a1e99b9e Factor ValueNodeView out of StaticScope. (#2562)
Also remove unused support in `StaticScope` for a scope to have multiple parents.

No functionality change intended.
2023-01-30 16:12:04 -08:00