ooc symbol implementation

Symbol.ooc

import structs/ArrayList


Symbol: class {
    value: String

    table: static ArrayList<This>

    new: static func(.value) -> const This {
        if(!table) table = ArrayList<This> new()

        for(sym in table) {
            if(sym value == value) return sym
        }

        this := This alloc() as This
        this value = value

        table add(this)

        this
    }

    toString: func -> String { value }
    toInt: func -> Int { this as Int }
}

test.ooc

import Symbol

Symbol new("foo") toInt() toString() println()
Symbol new("foo") toInt() toString() println()
// The same number should be printed both times
// :foo should translate to Symbol new("foo")
// Same with :"foo"

An ArrayList? Seriously? What about a HashMap instead?