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Erick Tryzelaarf1197652010-03-08 19:32:27 +00001(*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
2 * Abstract Syntax Tree (aka Parse Tree)
3 *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
4
5(* expr - Base type for all expression nodes. *)
6type expr =
7 (* variant for numeric literals like "1.0". *)
8 | Number of float
9
10 (* variant for referencing a variable, like "a". *)
11 | Variable of string
12
13 (* variant for a binary operator. *)
14 | Binary of char * expr * expr
15
16 (* variant for function calls. *)
17 | Call of string * expr array
18
19(* proto - This type represents the "prototype" for a function, which captures
20 * its name, and its argument names (thus implicitly the number of arguments the
21 * function takes). *)
22type proto = Prototype of string * string array
23
24(* func - This type represents a function definition itself. *)
25type func = Function of proto * expr