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function parseExpression(program) { | |
program = skipSpace(program); | |
var match, expr; | |
if (match = /^"([^"]*)"/.exec(program)) | |
expr = {type: "value", value: match[1]}; | |
else if (match = /^\d+\b/.exec(program)) | |
expr = {type: "value", value: Number(match[0])}; | |
else if (match = /^[^\s(),"]+/.exec(program)) | |
expr = {type: "word", name: match[0]}; | |
else | |
throw new SyntaxError("Unexpected syntax: " + program); | |
return parseApply(expr, program.slice(match[0].length)); | |
} | |
function skipSpace(string) { | |
var skippable = string.match(/^(\s|#.*)*/); | |
return string.slice(skippable[0].length); | |
} | |
function parseApply(expr, program) { | |
program = skipSpace(program); | |
if (program[0] != "(") | |
return {expr: expr, rest: program}; | |
program = skipSpace(program.slice(1)); | |
expr = {type: "apply", operator: expr, args: []}; | |
while (program[0] != ")") { | |
var arg = parseExpression(program); | |
expr.args.push(arg.expr); | |
program = skipSpace(arg.rest); | |
if (program[0] == ",") | |
program = skipSpace(program.slice(1)); | |
else if (program[0] != ")") | |
throw new SyntaxError("Expected ',' or ')'"); | |
} | |
return parseApply(expr, program.slice(1)); | |
} | |
function parse(program) { | |
var result = parseExpression(program); | |
if (skipSpace(result.rest).length > 0) | |
throw new SyntaxError("Unexpected text after program"); | |
return result.expr; | |
} | |
// operator: {type: "word", name: "+"}, | |
// args: [{type: "word", name: "a"}, | |
// {type: "value", value: 10}]} | |
function evaluate(expr, env) { | |
switch(expr.type) { | |
case "value": | |
return expr.value; | |
case "word": | |
if (expr.name in env) | |
return env[expr.name]; | |
else | |
throw new ReferenceError("Undefined variable: " + | |
expr.name); | |
case "apply": | |
if (expr.operator.type == "word" && | |
expr.operator.name in specialForms) | |
return specialForms[expr.operator.name](expr.args, | |
env); | |
var op = evaluate(expr.operator, env); | |
if (typeof op != "function") | |
throw new TypeError("Applying a non-function."); | |
return op.apply(null, expr.args.map(function(arg) { | |
return evaluate(arg, env); | |
})); | |
} | |
} | |
var specialForms = Object.create(null); | |
specialForms["if"] = function(args, env) { | |
if (args.length != 3) | |
throw new SyntaxError("Bad number of args to if"); | |
if (evaluate(args[0], env) !== false) | |
return evaluate(args[1], env); | |
else | |
return evaluate(args[2], env); | |
}; | |
specialForms["while"] = function(args, env) { | |
if (args.length != 2) | |
throw new SyntaxError("Bad number of args to while"); | |
while (evaluate(args[0], env) !== false) | |
evaluate(args[1], env); | |
// Since undefined does not exist in Egg, we return false, | |
// for lack of a meaningful result. | |
return false; | |
}; | |
specialForms["do"] = function(args, env) { | |
var value = false; | |
args.forEach(function(arg) { | |
value = evaluate(arg, env); | |
}); | |
return value; | |
}; | |
specialForms["define"] = function(args, env) { | |
if (args.length != 2 || args[0].type != "word") | |
throw new SyntaxError("Bad use of define"); | |
var value = evaluate(args[1], env); | |
env[args[0].name] = value; | |
return value; | |
}; | |
specialForms["set"] = function(args, env) { | |
if (args.length != 2 || args[0].type != "word") | |
throw new SyntaxError("Bad use of set"); | |
var varName = args[0].name; | |
var value = evaluate(args[1], env); | |
for (var scope = env; scope; scope = Object.getPrototypeOf(scope)) { | |
if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(scope, varName)) { | |
scope[varName] = value; | |
return value; | |
} | |
} | |
throw new ReferenceError("Setting undefined variable " + varName); | |
}; | |
var topEnv = Object.create(null); | |
topEnv["true"] = true; | |
topEnv["false"] = false; | |
["+", "-", "*", "/", "==", "<", ">"].forEach(function(op) { | |
topEnv[op] = new Function("a, b", "return a " + op + " b;"); | |
}); | |
topEnv["print"] = function(value) { | |
console.log(value); | |
return value; | |
}; | |
topEnv["array"] = function() { | |
return Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0); | |
}; | |
topEnv["length"] = function(array) { | |
return array.length; | |
}; | |
topEnv["element"] = function(array, position) { | |
return array[position]; | |
}; | |
function run() { | |
var env = Object.create(topEnv); | |
var program = Array.prototype.slice | |
.call(arguments, 0).join("\n"); | |
return evaluate(parse(program), env); | |
} | |
specialForms["fun"] = function(args, env) { | |
if (!args.length) | |
throw new SyntaxError("Functions need a body"); | |
function name(expr) { | |
if (expr.type != "word") | |
throw new SyntaxError("Arg names must be words"); | |
return expr.name; | |
} | |
var argNames = args.slice(0, args.length - 1).map(name); | |
var body = args[args.length - 1]; | |
return function() { | |
if (arguments.length != argNames.length) | |
throw new TypeError("Wrong number of arguments"); | |
var localEnv = Object.create(env); | |
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) | |
localEnv[argNames[i]] = arguments[i]; | |
return evaluate(body, localEnv); | |
}; | |
}; |
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the funny http://eloquentjavascript.net/11_language.html :D
run("do(define(x, 4),",
" define(setx, fun(val, set(x, val))),",
" setx(50),",
" print(x))");
// → 50