preparing materials for adding protocol to parser and added type aliases to parser

dev/aldi.bnf

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 declarations ::= <declaration> <declarations>
 declaration ::= <enum_decl> | <struct_decl> | <type_decl> | <protocol_decl>
 
-<type_decl> ::= "type" <ident> <ident> ";"
+type_decl ::= "type" <ident> <ident> ";"
 
 enum_decl ::= "enum" <ident> "{" "}" 
             | "enum" <ident> "{" <enum_members> "}"
@@ -22,4 +22,10 @@ struct_members ::= <struct_member>
                  | <struct_member> "," <struct_members> 
 				 | <struct_member> "," <struct_members>
 
-// TODO protocol_decl
+protocol_decl ::= "protocol" <ident> "{" "}"
+                | "protocol" <ident> "{" <protocol_member>+ "}"
+
+protocol_member ::= "fn" <ident>"("[<arg_list>]")" "->" <ident> ";"
+
+arg_list ::= <ident> ["," <ident>]+
+

dev/src/idl/mod.rs

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ enum Token {
     #[token("protocol")]
     Protocol,
 
+    // Tokens can be literal strings, of any length.
+    #[token("type")]
+    Type,
+
     #[token("enum")]
     Enum,
 
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ enum Token {
 
     #[token(":")]
     Colon,
+
     #[token(";")]
     SemiColon,
 
@@ -57,11 +62,11 @@ enum Token {
     #[regex("[1234567890]+", |lex|{lex.slice().parse::<u64>().unwrap()})]
     Number(u64),
 
-    #[regex(r"@[a-zA-Z_]+", |lex|{lex.slice().to_string()})]
-    Decorator(String),
+    #[regex(r"@[a-zA-Z_]+", /*|lex|{lex.slice().to_string()}*/ logos::skip)]
+    Decorator,
 
-    #[regex(r#"@[a-zA-Z_]+\([a-zA-Z,0-9=]+\)"#, |lex|{lex.slice().to_string()})]
-    DecoratorOption(String),
+    #[regex(r#"@[a-zA-Z_]+\([a-zA-Z,0-9=]+\)"#, /*|lex|{lex.slice().to_string()}*/ logos::skip)]
+    DecoratorOption,
 }
 
 pub fn build_idl(name: String) {

dev/src/idl/parser.rs

@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@ use super::Token;
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct AST(Vec<Declaration>);
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-struct Decorator(String);
-
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 enum Declaration{
     EnumDeclaration(EnumDeclaration),
     StructDeclaration(StructDeclaration),
+    TypeDeclaration(TypeDeclaration),
     ProtocolDeclaration,
 }
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
@@ -19,6 +17,11 @@ struct StructDeclaration {
     members : Vec<StructMember>,
 }
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+struct TypeDeclaration {
+    name : String,
+    type_name : String,
+}
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 struct StructMember {
     name : String,
     type_name : String,
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ fn declaration(tokens : &mut Peekable<Iter<'_, Token>>) -> Option<Declaration> {
         Some(tok) => match tok {
             Token::Enum => Some(enum_decl(tokens)),
             Token::Struct => Some(struct_decl(tokens)),
+            Token::Type => Some(type_declaration(tokens)),
             _ => None,
         }
     }
@@ -165,6 +169,13 @@ fn struct_member(tokens : &mut Peekable<Iter<'_, Token>>) -> Option<StructMember
         None
     }
 }
+
+fn type_declaration(tokens : &mut Peekable<Iter<'_, Token>>) -> Declaration {
+    consume(tokens, Token::Type);
+    let name = identifier(tokens).expect("Expected Identifier after `type`");
+    let type_name = identifier(tokens).expect("Expected type after Identifier");
+    Declaration::TypeDeclaration(TypeDeclaration{name, type_name})
+}
 fn identifier(tokens : &mut Peekable<Iter<'_, Token>>) -> Option<String> {
     let result = tokens.peek().map_or(None, |x| match x {
         Token::Identifier(s) => {
@@ -177,6 +188,7 @@ fn identifier(tokens : &mut Peekable<Iter<'_, Token>>) -> Option<String> {
         tokens.next();
     }
     result
+
 }
 fn parse_number(tokens : &mut Peekable<Iter<'_, Token>>) -> Option<u64> {
     let result = tokens.peek().map_or(None, |x| match x {

sysdata/idl/log/src/protocol.aldi

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ struct Log {
 }
 
 //@visibility(public)
-//protocol Log {
-//    fn log(Log) -> LogResult;
-//    fn flush() -> LogResult;
-//}
+protocol Log {
+    fn log(Log) -> LogResult;
+    fn flush() -> LogResult;
+}