Implement generic pointers

4 files changed, 60 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/testsuite/fail_compilation/generic_arity.elna b/testsuite/fail_compilation/generic_arity.elna
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+type
+  Stack#[T] = record
+    items: T
+  end
+
+var
+  broken: Stack (* @Error Too few type arguments for generic 'Stack', expected 1, got 0 *)
+
+program()
+begin
+return 0u8
+
+end.
diff --git a/testsuite/fail_compilation/generic_base_mismatch.elna b/testsuite/fail_compilation/generic_base_mismatch.elna
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+++ b/testsuite/fail_compilation/generic_base_mismatch.elna
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+type
+  File = record
+    fd: Int
+  end
+  Socket = record
+    handle: Int
+  end
+
+  List#[T] = record
+    head: T
+  end
+
+  Queue#[T] = record(List#[T])
+    tail: T
+  end
+
+var
+  jobs: Queue#[^File]
+  wrong: ^List#[^Socket]
+
+program()
+begin
+  wrong := @jobs (* @Error Expected type '\^List#\[\^Socket\]', but got '\^Queue#\[\^File\]' *)
+return 0u8
+
+end.
diff --git a/testsuite/fail_compilation/generic_parameter_arithmetic.elna b/testsuite/fail_compilation/generic_parameter_arithmetic.elna
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+++ b/testsuite/fail_compilation/generic_parameter_arithmetic.elna
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+proc walk#[T](value: T; step: ^T)
+begin
+  step := step + 1;
+  value := value + 1 (* @Error Type parameter 'T' cannot be used in pointer arithmetic *)
+return
+
+program()
+begin
+return 0u8
+
+end.
diff --git a/testsuite/fail_compilation/generic_uninferrable.elna b/testsuite/fail_compilation/generic_uninferrable.elna
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+++ b/testsuite/fail_compilation/generic_uninferrable.elna
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+proc allocate#[R](size: Word) -> R extern
+
+program()
+var
+  got: ^Word8
+begin
+  got := allocate(8u) (* @Error Type parameter 'R' of 'allocate' cannot be inferred *)
+return 0u8
+
+end.