From 14d130f2854a119de69475e6f48f51ed6659953a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eugen Wissner <belka@caraus.de>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:57:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow assigning variables refering to aggregates

---
 Rakefile             |  7 ++++++-
 boot/stage21/cl.elna | 18 ++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index c2f5be5..fe96b49 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ desc 'Convert previous stage language into the current stage language'
 task :convert do
   File.open('boot/stage22/cl.elna', 'w') do |current_stage|
     seen_proc = false
+    seen_global_var = false
     File.readlines('boot/stage21/cl.elna').each do |line|
       seen_proc = true if line.start_with? 'proc'
       seen_proc = false if line.start_with? 'end'
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ task :convert do
 
           proc f();
           var
-          	x: ElnaLocation;
           	y: ElnaLocation;
           begin
           	y.line := 1;
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ task :convert do
           begin
           	f();
         FUN
+      elsif line.start_with?('var') && !seen_global_var
+        current_stage << <<~FUN
+          var
+          	x: ElnaLocation;
+        FUN
       else
         current_stage << line
       end
diff --git a/boot/stage21/cl.elna b/boot/stage21/cl.elna
index 3e9c47a..c2d9ad1 100644
--- a/boot/stage21/cl.elna
+++ b/boot/stage21/cl.elna
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ program;
 
 (* Stage 21 compiler. *)
 
+(* - Allow assigning variables refering to aggregates. *)
+
 type
 	ElnaListNode = record
 		next: Word
@@ -1284,7 +1286,7 @@ begin
 		elna_rtl_instruction_set_operand(instruction, 2, source_operand.kind, source_operand.value, source_operand.length, 0);
 		elna_list_append(instructions, instruction);
 	else
-		elna_rtl_memcpy(instructions, @source_operand, pseudo_symbol^.rtl_type, ElnaRtlKind.pseudo,
+		elna_rtl_memcpy(instructions, @source_operand, pseudo_symbol^.rtl_type, source_operand.kind,
 				tac_instruction^.operands[2].value, tac_instruction^.operands[2].length)
 	end
 end;
@@ -1548,12 +1550,16 @@ var
 begin
 	(* pseudo or pseudo_mem. *)
 	if instruction^.operands[2].kind <> ElnaRtlKind.data then
-		pseudo_symbol := elna_alloc_variable(instruction^.operands[2].value, instruction^.operands[2].length,
-				variable_map);
-		instruction^.operator := ElnaRtlOperator.addi;
+		pseudo_symbol := elna_symbol_table_lookup(variable_map, instruction^.operands[2].value, instruction^.operands[2].length);
 
-		elna_rtl_instruction_set_operand(instruction, 2, ElnaRtlKind.register, ElnaRtlRegister.sp, 0, 0);
-		elna_rtl_instruction_set_operand(instruction, 3, ElnaRtlKind.immediate, pseudo_symbol^.counter, 0, 0)
+		if pseudo_symbol^.kind = ElnaRtlInfoKind.object_info then
+			pseudo_symbol := elna_alloc_variable(instruction^.operands[2].value, instruction^.operands[2].length,
+					variable_map);
+			instruction^.operator := ElnaRtlOperator.addi;
+
+			elna_rtl_instruction_set_operand(instruction, 2, ElnaRtlKind.register, ElnaRtlRegister.sp, 0, 0);
+			elna_rtl_instruction_set_operand(instruction, 3, ElnaRtlKind.immediate, pseudo_symbol^.counter, 0, 0)
+		end
 	end;
 	if instruction^.operands[1].kind = ElnaRtlKind.pseudo then
 		elna_alloc_operation_target(instructions, instruction, variable_map)