Defining the ref construct.

§1. 

enum REF_IST

void Inter::Ref::define(void) {
    inter_construct *IC = Inter::Defn::create_construct(
        REF_IST,
        L"ref (%i+) (%C+)",
        I"ref", I"refs");
    IC->min_level = 1;
    IC->max_level = 100000000;
    IC->usage_permissions = INSIDE_CODE_PACKAGE;
    METHOD_ADD(IC, CONSTRUCT_READ_MTID, Inter::Ref::read);
    METHOD_ADD(IC, CONSTRUCT_VERIFY_MTID, Inter::Ref::verify);
    METHOD_ADD(IC, CONSTRUCT_WRITE_MTID, Inter::Ref::write);
}

§2. 

define BLOCK_REF_IFLD 2
define KIND_REF_IFLD 3
define VAL1_REF_IFLD 4
define VAL2_REF_IFLD 5
define EXTENT_REF_IFR 6

void Inter::Ref::read(inter_construct *IC, inter_bookmark *IBM, inter_line_parse *ilp, inter_error_location *eloc, inter_error_message **E) {
    if (Inter::Annotations::exist(&(ilp->set))) { *E = Inter::Errors::plain(I"__annotations are not allowed", eloc); return; }

    *E = Inter::Defn::vet_level(IBM, REF_IST, ilp->indent_level, eloc);
    if (*E) return;

    inter_package *routine = Inter::Defn::get_latest_block_package();
    if (routine == NULL) { *E = Inter::Errors::plain(I"'ref' used outside function", eloc); return; }
    inter_symbols_table *locals = Inter::Packages::scope(routine);
    if (locals == NULL) { *E = Inter::Errors::plain(I"function has no symbols table", eloc); return; }

    inter_symbol *ref_kind = Inter::Textual::find_symbol(Inter::Bookmarks::tree(IBM), eloc, Inter::Bookmarks::scope(IBM), ilp->mr.exp[0], KIND_IST, E);
    if (*E) return;

    inter_ti var_val1 = 0;
    inter_ti var_val2 = 0;
    *E = Inter::Types::read(ilp->line, eloc, Inter::Bookmarks::tree(IBM), Inter::Bookmarks::package(IBM), ref_kind, ilp->mr.exp[1], &var_val1, &var_val2, locals);
    if (*E) return;

    *E = Inter::Ref::new(IBM, ref_kind, ilp->indent_level, var_val1, var_val2, eloc);
}

inter_error_message *Inter::Ref::new(inter_bookmark *IBM, inter_symbol *ref_kind, int level, inter_ti val1, inter_ti val2, inter_error_location *eloc) {
    inter_tree_node *P = Inode::fill_4(IBM, REF_IST, 0, Inter::SymbolsTables::id_from_IRS_and_symbol(IBM, ref_kind), val1, val2, eloc, (inter_ti) level);
    inter_error_message *E = Inter::Defn::verify_construct(Inter::Bookmarks::package(IBM), P); if (E) return E;
    Inter::Bookmarks::insert(IBM, P);
    return NULL;
}

void Inter::Ref::verify(inter_construct *IC, inter_tree_node *P, inter_package *owner, inter_error_message **E) {
    if (P->W.extent != EXTENT_REF_IFR) { *E = Inode::error(P, I"extent wrong", NULL); return; }
    inter_symbols_table *locals = Inter::Packages::scope(owner);
    if (locals == NULL) { *E = Inode::error(P, I"no symbols table in function", NULL); return; }
    *E = Inter::Verify::symbol(owner, P, P->W.data[KIND_REF_IFLD], KIND_IST); if (*E) return;
    inter_symbol *ref_kind = Inter::SymbolsTables::symbol_from_id(Inter::Packages::scope(owner), P->W.data[KIND_REF_IFLD]);;
    *E = Inter::Verify::local_value(P, VAL1_REF_IFLD, ref_kind, locals); if (*E) return;
}

void Inter::Ref::write(inter_construct *IC, OUTPUT_STREAM, inter_tree_node *P, inter_error_message **E) {
    inter_package *pack = Inter::Packages::container(P);
    inter_symbols_table *locals = Inter::Packages::scope(pack);
    if (locals == NULL) { *E = Inode::error(P, I"function has no symbols table", NULL); return; }
    inter_symbol *ref_kind = Inter::SymbolsTables::symbol_from_frame_data(P, KIND_REF_IFLD);
    if (ref_kind) {
        WRITE("ref %S ", ref_kind->symbol_name);
        Inter::Types::write(OUT, P, ref_kind, P->W.data[VAL1_REF_IFLD], P->W.data[VAL2_REF_IFLD], locals, FALSE);
    } else { *E = Inode::error(P, I"cannot write ref", NULL); return; }
}