Compiling Pascal function return value assignment
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Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPPCompiling Pascal function return value assignment
I'm writing a toy Pascal compiler in Haskell. I can produce a Type-annotated AST.
I've been ignoring function return value assignments:
function foo : integer;
begin
foo := 12
end;
How do I handle those, given that the grammar doesn't distinguish between them and any other regular assignment statement?
Should the AST be modified to specifically highlight a return value assignment?
And how to deal with them in the type checking phase (An environment Symbol table consisting of function signatures and a stack of contexts was enough so far)?
I linked to the ast, it's too clumsy to include it in the question
– BanishedBot
19 mins ago
@Carl Also broad? i'm asking about a very specific thing how is this broad?
– BanishedBot
10 mins ago
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I think the type checking question is probably too broad, and the reason for the close vote. I think the AST question would be good if this question included things like the current AST data structure.
– Carl
28 mins ago