org.millscript.millscript.syntax
Class DefineSyntax

java.lang.Object
  org.millscript.millscript.syntax.Syntax
      org.millscript.millscript.syntax.PrefixSyntax
          org.millscript.millscript.syntax.DefineSyntax

All Implemented Interfaces:

PrefixSyntaxInterface

public final class DefineSyntax
extends PrefixSyntax

This class implements define syntax. This is used to define functions, memos and classes. This syntax defines a variable and binds it to the specified expression, e.g. a function object is bound to a variable with the same name as the function.

See Also:

LambdaExpr, MemoExpr, SpiceClassExpr, VarExpr

Constructor Summary

DefineSyntax()

Method Summary

Expr	prefix(java.lang.String sym, Parser parser) Parse the syntax for the specified symbol, using the specified Parser.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DefineSyntax

public DefineSyntax()

Method Detail

prefix

public Expr prefix(java.lang.String sym,
                   Parser parser)

Description copied from interface: PrefixSyntaxInterface

Parse the syntax for the specified symbol, using the specified Parser. The symbol is specified because different symbols may share the same syntax, but result in slightly different expressions. The Parser is supplied as the source to parse from.

Specified by:

prefix in interface PrefixSyntaxInterface

Specified by:

prefix in class PrefixSyntax

Parameters:

sym - the symbol to parse this syntax for

parser - Parser to parse from, i.e. the source to parse from

Returns:

an expression for this syntax

See Also:

PrefixSyntaxInterface.prefix(java.lang.String, org.millscript.millscript.syntax.Parser)