intrinsic

crates/codegen/src/cpp.rs

@@ -36,12 +36,15 @@ impl Codegen {
                 format!("{} {} = {};\n", type_hint, name, self.gen_ir(value))
             },
             IRKind::Call { name, args } => {
+                format!("{}({});\n", name, args.iter().map(|arg| self.gen_ir(arg)).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(", "))
+            },
+            IRKind::Intrinsic { name, args } => {
                 match name.as_str() {
                     "write" => { format!("std::cout << {};\n", self.gen_ir(&args[0])) },
                     "read" => { format!("std::cin >> {};\n", self.gen_ir(&args[0])) },
-                    _ => format!("{}({});\n", name, args.iter().map(|arg| self.gen_ir(arg)).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(", ")),
+                    _ => unreachable!(format!("Unknown intrinsic: {}", name)) // Shoul be handled by lowering
+                }
             }
-            },
             IRKind::Fun { name, return_type_hint, args, body } => {
                 let args = args.iter().map(|arg| format!("{} {}", arg.1, arg.0)).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(", ");
                 format!("{} {}({}) {{\n{}}}\n", return_type_hint, name, args, self.gen_ir(body))

crates/hir/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use std::ops::Range;
 use parser::Expr;
 
+const INTRINSICS: [&str; 2] = ["write", "read"];
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Value { Int(i64), Boolean(bool), String(String), Ident(String) }
 
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ pub enum IRKind {
     Define { name: String, type_hint: String, value: Box<Self> },
     Fun { name: String, return_type_hint: String, args: Vec<(String, String)>, body: Box<Self> },
     Call { name: String, args: Vec<Self> },
+    Intrinsic { name: String, args: Vec<Self> },
     Do { body: Vec<Self> },
     If { cond: Box<Self>, body: Box<Self>, else_body: Box<Self> },
     Value { value: Value },
@@ -63,7 +66,12 @@ pub fn expr_to_ir(expr: &Expr) -> (Option<IRKind>, Option<LoweringError>) {
         },
         Expr::Call { name, args } => {
             let name = match &name.0 {
-                Expr::Identifier(s) => s.clone(),
+                Expr::Identifier(s) => {
+                    if INTRINSICS.contains(&s.as_str()) { s.clone() }
+                    else {
+                        return (None, Some(LoweringError { span: name.1.clone(), message: format!("Unknown intrinsic: {}", s) }));
+                    }
+                }
                 // Should never happen because the parser should have caught this
                 _ => return (None, Some(LoweringError { span: name.1.clone(), message: "Expected identifier".to_string() }))
             };
@@ -82,6 +90,20 @@ pub fn expr_to_ir(expr: &Expr) -> (Option<IRKind>, Option<LoweringError>) {
             let ir_kind = IRKind::Call { name, args: largs };
             return (Some(ir_kind), None);
         },
+        Expr::Intrinsic { name, args } => {
+            let name = match &name.0 {
+                Expr::Identifier(s) => s.clone(),
+                _ => return (None, Some(LoweringError { span: name.1.clone(), message: "Expected identifier".to_string() }))
+            };
+            let mut largs = Vec::new();
+            for arg in &args.0 {
+                let arg = expr_to_ir(&arg.0);
+                if let Some(err) = arg.1 { return (None, Some(err)); }
+                else { largs.push(arg.0.unwrap()); }
+            }
+            let ir_kind = IRKind::Intrinsic { name, args: largs };
+            return (Some(ir_kind), None);
+        },
         Expr::Fun { name, type_hint, args, body } => {
             // Iterate each argument and give it a type hint
             let args = args.0.iter().map(|arg| (arg.0.0.clone(), gen_type_hint(&arg.1.0))).collect::<Vec<_>>();

crates/lexer/src/lib.rs

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub enum Token {
     Dot, Comma,
     Colon, SemiColon,
     OpenParen, CloseParen,
+    At,
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for Token {
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for Token {
             Token::SemiColon => write!(f, ";"),
             Token::OpenParen => write!(f, "("),
             Token::CloseParen => write!(f, ")"),
+            Token::At => write!(f, "@"),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ pub fn lexer() -> impl Parser<char, Vec<(Token, Span)>, Error = Simple<char>> {
         just(';').to(Token::SemiColon),
         just('(').to(Token::OpenParen),
         just(')').to(Token::CloseParen),
+        just('@').to(Token::At),
     ));
 
     let keyword = text::ident().map(|s: String| match s.as_str() {

crates/parser/src/lib.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub enum Expr {
     Unary { op: String, rhs: Box<Spanned<Self>> },
     Binary { lhs: Box<Spanned<Self>>, op: String, rhs: Box<Spanned<Self>> },
     Call { name: Box<Spanned<Self>>, args: Spanned<Vec<Spanned<Self>>> },
+    Intrinsic { name: Box<Spanned<Self>>, args: Spanned<Vec<Spanned<Self>>> },
 
     Let {
         name: String,
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ fn expr_parser() -> impl Parser<Token, Vec<Spanned<Expr>>, Error = Simple<Token>
             //     .delimited_by(just(Token::OpenParen), just(Token::CloseParen)))
             .labelled("atom");
 
-        let call = atom
+        let call = atom.clone()
             .then(
                 args.clone()
                     .delimited_by(
@@ -79,11 +80,31 @@ fn expr_parser() -> impl Parser<Token, Vec<Spanned<Expr>>, Error = Simple<Token>
                 )
             });
 
+        let intrinsic = just(Token::At) 
+            .ignore_then(atom)
+            .then(
+                args.clone()
+                    .delimited_by(
+                        just(Token::OpenParen),
+                        just(Token::CloseParen),
+                    )
+                    .repeated()
+            )
+            .foldl(|name, args| {
+                (
+                    Expr::Intrinsic {
+                        name: Box::new(name.clone()),
+                        args: (args, name.1.clone()),
+                    },
+                    name.1,
+                )
+            });
+
         let unary =  choice((
                 just(Token::Plus),
                 just(Token::Minus)))
             .repeated()
-            .then(call)
+            .then(call.or(intrinsic))
             .foldr(|op, rhs| {
                 (
                     Expr::Unary {

example/ex.hades

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 fun main: int = do
-    write("Hello, World!\n");
+    @write("Hello, World!\n");
     return 0;
 end;