Add machinery for evaluation environments

src/evaluate.rs

@@ -1,25 +1,43 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
 use parser::AST;
 use parser::AST::*;
 
-pub fn evaluate(ast: AST) -> String {
+pub struct Environment(pub HashMap<String, AST>);
-    match reduce(ast) {
+type EvalResult = (AST, Environment);
-        None => return "error".to_string(),
+
-        Some(DoNothing) => "".to_string(),
+impl Environment {
-        Some(Number(n)) => return format!("{}", n),
+    pub fn new() -> Environment {
-        Some(LangString(s)) => return format!("\"{}\"", s),
+        Environment(HashMap::new())
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn evaluate(ast: AST, env: Environment) -> String {
+
+    let (reduced_ast, final_env) = reduce((ast, env));
+
+    match reduced_ast {
+        DoNothing => "".to_string(),
+        Number(n) => return format!("{}", n),
+        LangString(s) => return format!("\"{}\"", s),
         _ => return "not implemented".to_string()
     }
 }
 
-fn reduce(ast: AST) -> Option<AST> {
+fn reduce(evr: EvalResult) -> EvalResult {
+    let (ast, env) = evr;
+
     match ast {
         Statements(stmts) => {
-            let mut reduction = Some(DoNothing);
+            let mut reduced_ast = DoNothing;
+            let mut reduced_env = env;
             for stmt in stmts.into_iter() {
-                reduction = reduce(stmt);
+                let (a, b) = reduce((stmt, reduced_env));
+                reduced_ast = a;
+                reduced_env = b;
             }
-            reduction
+            (reduced_ast, reduced_env)
         },
-        other_ast => Some(other_ast)
+        other_ast => (other_ast, env)
     }
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::process;
 
 use tokenizer::tokenize;
 use parser::{parse, ParseResult};
-use evaluate::evaluate;
+use evaluate::{evaluate, Environment};
 
 mod tokenizer;
 mod parser;
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ fn repl() {
                 match parse(tokens) {
                     ParseResult::Ok(ast) => {
                         println!("AST: {:?}", ast);
-                        let eval = evaluate(ast);
+
+                        let env = Environment::new();
+                        let eval = evaluate(ast, env);
                         println!("{}", eval);
                     },
                     ParseResult::Err(err) => println!("Error: {}", err)