basic global constants

src/analyzer.rs

@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ use crate::{
 
 pub struct Analyzer {
     pub functions: HashMap<String, i32>,
+    pub constants: HashMap<String, u64>,
 }
 
 impl Analyzer {
     pub fn new() -> Analyzer {
         Analyzer {
             functions: HashMap::new(),
+            constants: HashMap::new(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -44,6 +46,18 @@ impl Analyzer {
             } => {
                 self.analyze_expr(initializer)?;
             }
+            Stmt::Const { name, value } => {
+                if self.constants.contains_key(&name.lexeme)
+                    || self.functions.contains_key(&name.lexeme)
+                {
+                    return error!(
+                        name.loc,
+                        format!("tried to redefine constant '{}'", name.lexeme)
+                    );
+                }
+                self.constants
+                    .insert(name.lexeme.clone(), value.lexeme.parse().unwrap());
+            }
             Stmt::Block(statements) => {
                 for stmt in statements {
                     self.analyze_stmt(stmt)?;

src/codegen_x86_64.rs

@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ _builtin_environ:
                 let offset = env.define_var(name.lexeme.clone(), var_type);
                 emit!(&mut self.output, "    mov QWORD [rbp-{}], rax", offset);
             }
+            Stmt::Const { name: _, value: _ } => {
+                // handled in the analyzer
+            }
             Stmt::Block(statements) => {
                 env.push_scope();
                 for stmt in statements {
@@ -445,18 +448,29 @@ _builtin_environ:
                 }
             }
             Expr::Variable(name) => {
-                // TODO: move to analyzer
-                let var = match env.get_var(&name.lexeme) {
-                    Some(x) => x,
-                    None => {
-                        return error!(name.loc, format!("undefined variable: {}", &name.lexeme));
-                    }
-                };
-                emit!(
-                    &mut self.output,
-                    "    mov rax, QWORD [rbp-{}]",
-                    var.stack_offset,
-                );
+                if self.analyzer.constants.contains_key(&name.lexeme) {
+                    emit!(
+                        &mut self.output,
+                        "    mov rax, {}",
+                        self.analyzer.constants[&name.lexeme]
+                    );
+                } else {
+                    // TODO: move to analyzer
+                    let var = match env.get_var(&name.lexeme) {
+                        Some(x) => x,
+                        None => {
+                            return error!(
+                                name.loc,
+                                format!("undefined variable: {}", &name.lexeme)
+                            );
+                        }
+                    };
+                    emit!(
+                        &mut self.output,
+                        "    mov rax, QWORD [rbp-{}]",
+                        var.stack_offset,
+                    );
+                }
             }
             Expr::Assign { name, value } => {
                 self.compile_expr(env, *value)?;

src/main.rs

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ fn compile_file_to(
     }
 
     for stmt in statements {
+        // top level statements are all function/const/extern declarations so a new env for each
         codegen.compile_stmt(&mut codegen_x86_64::Env::new(), stmt)?;
     }
     Ok(())

src/parser.rs

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ pub enum Stmt {
         var_type: Option<Token>,
         initializer: Expr,
     },
+    Const {
+        name: Token,
+        value: Token,
+    },
     Block(Vec<Stmt>),
     If {
         condition: Expr,
@@ -115,6 +119,9 @@ impl Parser {
             if self.match_token(&[TokenType::KeywordExtern]) {
                 return self.extern_declaration();
             }
+            if self.match_token(&[TokenType::KeywordConst]) {
+                return self.const_declaration();
+            }
             return error!(
                 self.peek().loc,
                 "statements not allowed outside function body"
@@ -192,6 +199,13 @@ impl Parser {
         })
     }
 
+    fn const_declaration(&mut self) -> Result<Stmt, ZernError> {
+        let name = self.consume(TokenType::Identifier, "expected const name")?;
+        self.consume(TokenType::Equal, "expected '=' after const name")?;
+        let value = self.consume(TokenType::Number, "expected a number after '='")?;
+        Ok(Stmt::Const { name, value })
+    }
+
     fn extern_declaration(&mut self) -> Result<Stmt, ZernError> {
         Ok(Stmt::Extern(
             self.consume(TokenType::Identifier, "expected extern name")?,

src/tokenizer.rs

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pub enum TokenType {
     False,
 
     KeywordLet,
+    KeywordConst,
     KeywordIf,
     KeywordElse,
     KeywordWhile,
@@ -336,6 +337,7 @@ impl Tokenizer {
         let lexeme: String = self.source[self.start..self.current].iter().collect();
         self.add_token(match lexeme.as_str() {
             "let" => TokenType::KeywordLet,
+            "const" => TokenType::KeywordConst,
             "if" => TokenType::KeywordIf,
             "else" => TokenType::KeywordElse,
             "while" => TokenType::KeywordWhile,