Defining the metadata construct.

§1.

enum METADATA_IST
void Inter::Metadata::define(void) {
    inter_construct *IC = Inter::Defn::create_construct(
        METADATA_IST,
        L"metadata (`%i+): (%c+)",
        I"metadata", I"metadatas");
    METHOD_ADD(IC, CONSTRUCT_READ_MTID, Inter::Metadata::read);
    METHOD_ADD(IC, CONSTRUCT_VERIFY_MTID, Inter::Metadata::verify);
    METHOD_ADD(IC, CONSTRUCT_WRITE_MTID, Inter::Metadata::write);
}

§2.

define DEFN_MD_IFLD 2
define VAL1_MD_IFLD 3
define VAL2_MD_IFLD 4
define EXTENT_MD_IFR 5
void Inter::Metadata::read(inter_construct *IC, inter_bookmark *IBM, inter_line_parse *ilp, inter_error_location *eloc, inter_error_message **E) {
    *E = Inter::Defn::vet_level(IBM, METADATA_IST, ilp->indent_level, eloc);
    if (*E) return;

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

    text_stream *S = ilp->mr.exp[1];
    if ((Str::begins_with_wide_string(S, L"\"")) && (Str::ends_with_wide_string(S, L"\""))) {
        TEMPORARY_TEXT(parsed_text)
        *E = Inter::Constant::parse_text(parsed_text, S, 1, Str::len(S)-2, eloc);
        inter_ti ID = 0;
        if (*E == NULL) {
            ID = Inter::Warehouse::create_text(Inter::Bookmarks::warehouse(IBM), Inter::Bookmarks::package(IBM));
            Str::copy(Inter::Warehouse::get_text(Inter::Bookmarks::warehouse(IBM), ID), parsed_text);
        }
        DISCARD_TEXT(parsed_text)
        if (*E) return;
        *E = Inter::Metadata::new(IBM, Inter::SymbolsTables::id_from_IRS_and_symbol(IBM, key_name), ID, (inter_ti) ilp->indent_level, eloc);
        return;
    }
    *E = Inter::Errors::quoted(I"metadata value must be string", S, eloc);
}

inter_error_message *Inter::Metadata::new(inter_bookmark *IBM, inter_ti SID, inter_ti TID, inter_ti level, inter_error_location *eloc) {
    inter_tree_node *P = Inode::fill_3(IBM,
        METADATA_IST, SID, LITERAL_TEXT_IVAL, TID, eloc, 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::Metadata::verify(inter_construct *IC, inter_tree_node *P, inter_package *owner, inter_error_message **E) {
    if (P->W.extent != EXTENT_MD_IFR) { *E = Inode::error(P, I"extent wrong", NULL); return; }
    *E = Inter::Verify::defn(owner, P, DEFN_MD_IFLD);
}

void Inter::Metadata::write(inter_construct *IC, OUTPUT_STREAM, inter_tree_node *P, inter_error_message **E) {
    inter_symbol *key_name = Inter::SymbolsTables::symbol_from_frame_data(P, DEFN_MD_IFLD);
    if (key_name) {
        WRITE("metadata %S: ", key_name->symbol_name);
        Inter::Types::write(OUT, P, NULL,
            P->W.data[VAL1_MD_IFLD], P->W.data[VAL1_MD_IFLD+1], Inter::Packages::scope_of(P), FALSE);
    } else {
        { *E = Inode::error(P, I"metadata can't be written", NULL); return; }
    }
}