[SplatInstruction::] The Splat Construct. Defining the splat construct. @h Definition. For what this does and why it is used, see //inter: Textual Inter//. = void SplatInstruction::define_construct(void) { inter_construct *IC = InterInstruction::create_construct(SPLAT_IST, I"splat"); InterInstruction::specify_syntax(IC, I"splat OPTIONALIDENTIFIER TEXT"); InterInstruction::data_extent_always(IC, 2); InterInstruction::allow_in_depth_range(IC, 0, INFINITELY_DEEP); InterInstruction::permit(IC, OUTSIDE_OF_PACKAGES_ICUP); InterInstruction::permit(IC, INSIDE_PLAIN_PACKAGE_ICUP); InterInstruction::permit(IC, INSIDE_CODE_PACKAGE_ICUP); METHOD_ADD(IC, CONSTRUCT_READ_MTID, SplatInstruction::read); METHOD_ADD(IC, CONSTRUCT_TRANSPOSE_MTID, SplatInstruction::transpose); METHOD_ADD(IC, CONSTRUCT_VERIFY_MTID, SplatInstruction::verify); METHOD_ADD(IC, CONSTRUCT_WRITE_MTID, SplatInstruction::write); } @h Instructions. In bytecode, the frame of a |splat| instruction is laid out with the compulsory words -- see //Inter Nodes// -- followed by: @d MATTER_SPLAT_IFLD (DATA_IFLD + 0) @d PLM_SPLAT_IFLD (DATA_IFLD + 1) = inter_error_message *SplatInstruction::new(inter_bookmark *IBM, text_stream *splatter, inter_ti plm, inter_ti level, inter_error_location *eloc) { inter_tree_node *P = Inode::new_with_2_data_fields(IBM, SPLAT_IST, /* MATTER_SPLAT_IFLD: */ InterWarehouse::create_text_at(IBM, splatter), /* PLM_SPLAT_IFLD: */ plm, eloc, level); inter_error_message *E = VerifyingInter::instruction(InterBookmark::package(IBM), P); if (E) return E; NodePlacement::move_to_moving_bookmark(P, IBM); return NULL; } void SplatInstruction::transpose(inter_construct *IC, inter_tree_node *P, inter_ti *grid, inter_ti grid_extent, inter_error_message **E) { P->W.instruction[MATTER_SPLAT_IFLD] = grid[P->W.instruction[MATTER_SPLAT_IFLD]]; } @ Verification consists only of sanity checks. = void SplatInstruction::verify(inter_construct *IC, inter_tree_node *P, inter_package *owner, inter_error_message **E) { *E = VerifyingInter::text_field(owner, P, MATTER_SPLAT_IFLD); if (*E) return; if (SplatInstruction::plm_valid(P->W.instruction[PLM_SPLAT_IFLD]) == FALSE) { *E = Inode::error(P, I"plm out of range", NULL); return; } } @h Creating from textual Inter syntax. = void SplatInstruction::read(inter_construct *IC, inter_bookmark *IBM, inter_line_parse *ilp, inter_error_location *eloc, inter_error_message **E) { text_stream *plm_text = ilp->mr.exp[0]; text_stream *splatter_text = ilp->mr.exp[1]; inter_ti plm = SplatInstruction::parse_plm(plm_text); if (SplatInstruction::plm_valid(plm) == FALSE) { *E = InterErrors::plain(I"unknown PLM code before text matter", eloc); return; } TEMPORARY_TEXT(raw) *E = TextualInter::parse_literal_text(raw, splatter_text, 0, Str::len(splatter_text), eloc); if (*E == NULL) *E = SplatInstruction::new(IBM, raw, plm, (inter_ti) ilp->indent_level, eloc); DISCARD_TEXT(raw) } @h Writing to textual Inter syntax. = void SplatInstruction::write(inter_construct *IC, OUTPUT_STREAM, inter_tree_node *P) { WRITE("splat "); SplatInstruction::write_plm(OUT, SplatInstruction::plm(P)); TextualInter::write_text(OUT, SplatInstruction::splatter(P)); } @h Access function. = inter_ti SplatInstruction::plm(inter_tree_node *P) { if (P == NULL) return 0; if (Inode::isnt(P, SPLAT_IST)) return 0; return P->W.instruction[PLM_SPLAT_IFLD]; } text_stream *SplatInstruction::splatter(inter_tree_node *P) { if (P == NULL) return NULL; if (Inode::isnt(P, SPLAT_IST)) return NULL; return Inode::ID_to_text(P, P->W.instruction[MATTER_SPLAT_IFLD]); } @h PLMs. At some point PLM stood for something, but what it was is now forgotten -- perhaps "parse linked matter"? -- so it is now a nonsense-word pronounced "plum". This is a marker attached to a splat which can indicate which Inform 6-syntax directive the splat contains (if any). |WHITESPACE_PLM| should be used only if the splat contains nothing but white space. |MYSTERY_PLM| should be used if its contents are of an unknown syntax. The other names here are taken from their corresponding I6 directives. @e IFDEF_PLM from 1 @e IFNDEF_PLM @e IFNOT_PLM @e ENDIF_PLM @e IFTRUE_PLM @e CONSTANT_PLM @e ARRAY_PLM @e GLOBAL_PLM @e STUB_PLM @e ROUTINE_PLM @e ATTRIBUTE_PLM @e PROPERTY_PLM @e VERB_PLM @e FAKEACTION_PLM @e OBJECT_PLM @e DEFAULT_PLM @e MYSTERY_PLM @e WHITESPACE_PLM = int SplatInstruction::plm_valid(inter_ti plm) { if ((plm == 0) || (plm > WHITESPACE_PLM)) return FALSE; return TRUE; } @ Converted to and from text thus. Note that |MYSTERY_PLM| is used in the case where no PLM is given; so it has the empty textual form, and is not written. = inter_ti SplatInstruction::parse_plm(text_stream *S) { if (Str::len(S) == 0) return MYSTERY_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"ARRAY")) return ARRAY_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"ATTRIBUTE")) return ATTRIBUTE_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"CONSTANT")) return CONSTANT_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"DEFAULT")) return DEFAULT_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"ENDIF")) return ENDIF_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"FAKEACTION")) return FAKEACTION_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"GLOBAL")) return GLOBAL_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"IFDEF")) return IFDEF_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"IFNDEF")) return IFNDEF_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"IFNOT")) return IFNOT_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"IFTRUE")) return IFTRUE_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"OBJECT")) return OBJECT_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"PROPERTY")) return PROPERTY_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"ROUTINE")) return ROUTINE_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"STUB")) return STUB_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"VERB")) return VERB_PLM; if (Str::eq(S, I"WHITESPACE")) return WHITESPACE_PLM; return 0; } void SplatInstruction::write_plm(OUTPUT_STREAM, inter_ti plm) { switch (plm) { case ARRAY_PLM: WRITE("ARRAY "); break; case ATTRIBUTE_PLM: WRITE("ATTRIBUTE "); break; case CONSTANT_PLM: WRITE("CONSTANT "); break; case DEFAULT_PLM: WRITE("DEFAULT "); break; case ENDIF_PLM: WRITE("ENDIF "); break; case FAKEACTION_PLM: WRITE("FAKEACTION "); break; case GLOBAL_PLM: WRITE("GLOBAL "); break; case IFDEF_PLM: WRITE("IFDEF "); break; case IFNDEF_PLM: WRITE("IFNDEF "); break; case IFNOT_PLM: WRITE("IFNOT "); break; case IFTRUE_PLM: WRITE("IFTRUE "); break; case OBJECT_PLM: WRITE("OBJECT "); break; case PROPERTY_PLM: WRITE("PROPERTY "); break; case ROUTINE_PLM: WRITE("ROUTINE "); break; case STUB_PLM: WRITE("STUB "); break; case VERB_PLM: WRITE("VERB "); break; case WHITESPACE_PLM: WRITE("WHITESPACE "); break; } }