§ allocArg

static allocArg = function(
  name : String,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Allocates a new named function argument with the supplied name. Returns a term to get or set the value of this argument.

Arguments

• name

  The name of the local variable to allocate.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this local variable.

Returns Struct

§ allocLocal

static allocLocal = function(
  name : String,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Allocates a new local variable with the supplied name in the current scope. Returns a term to get or set the value of this local variable.

Arguments

• name

  The name of the local variable to allocate.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this local variable.

Returns Struct

§ createAccessor

static createAccessor = function(
  collection : Struct,
  key : Struct,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Creates an accessor expression.

Arguments

• collection

  The term containing the collection to access.

• key

  The term containing the key to access the collection with.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this term.

Returns Struct

§ createAnd

static createAnd = function(
  eager : Struct,
  lazy : Struct,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Emits the instruction for a short-circuiting logical AND expression.

Arguments

• eager

  The term which evaluates immediately.

• lazy

  The term which evaluates if the first term is true.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this value term.

Returns Struct

§ createArray

static createArray = function(
  values : Array,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Emits the instruction to create a new array literal.

Arguments

• values

  The values to populate the array with.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this value term.

Returns Struct

§ createAssign

static createAssign = function(
  type : Enum.CatspeakAssign,
  lhs : Struct,
  rhs : Struct,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Attempts to assign a right-hand-side value to a left-hand-side target.

📝 Note

Either terms A or B could be optimised or modified, therefore you should always treat both terms as being invalid after calling this method. Always use the result returned by this method as the new source of truth.

Arguments

• type

  The assignment type to use.

• lhs

  The assignment target to use. Typically this is a local/global variable get expression.

• rhs

  The assignment target to use. Typically this is a local/global variable get expression.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this assignment.

Returns Struct

§ createBinary

static createBinary = function(
  operator : Enum.CatspeakOperator,
  lhs : String,
  rhs : String,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Creates a binary operator.

Arguments

• operator

  The operator type to use.

• lhs

  The left-hand side operand.

• rhs

  The right-hand side operand.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this term.

Returns Struct

§ createBreak

static createBreak = function(
  value : Struct,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Emits the instruction to break from the current loop with a specified value.

Arguments

• value

  The instruction for the value to break with.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this value term.

Returns Struct

§ createCall

static createCall = function(
  callee : Struct,
  args : Struct,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Emits the instruction to call a function with a set of arguments.

Arguments

• callee

  The instruction containing the function to call.

• args

  The the arguments to pass into the function call.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this value term.

Returns Struct

§ createCallNew

static createCallNew = function(
  callee : Struct,
  args : Struct,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Emits the instruction to call a constructor function with a set of arguments.

Arguments

• callee

  The instruction containing the function to call.

• args

  The the arguments to pass into the function call.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this value term.

Returns Struct

§ createContinue

static createContinue = function(
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Emits the instruction to continue to the next iteration of the current loop.

Arguments

• location (optional)

  The source location of this value term.

Returns Struct

§ createGet

static createGet = function(
  name : String,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Searches a for a variable with the supplied name and emits a get instruction for it.

Arguments

• name

  The name of the variable to search for.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this term.

Returns Struct

§ createIf

static createIf = function(
  condition : Struct,
  ifTrue : Struct,
  ifFalse : Struct,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Emits the instruction for an if statement.

Arguments

• condition

  The term which evaluates to the condition of the if statement.

• ifTrue

  The term which evaluates if the condition of the if statement is true.

• ifFalse

  The term which evaluates if the condition of the if statement is false.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this value term.

Returns Struct

§ createMatch

static createMatch = function(
  value : Struct,
  arms : Array,
  location? : Real,
)

Emits the instruction for a match expression.

Arguments

• value

  The term to evaluate and compare against.

• arms

  A list of pairs where the first term is compared against value and the second term is returned if both match.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this match term.

§ createOr

static createOr = function(
  eager : Struct,
  lazy : Struct,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Emits the instruction for a short-circuiting logical OR expression.

Arguments

• eager

  The term which evaluates immediately.

• lazy

  The term which evaluates if the first term is false.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this value term.

Returns Struct

§ createProperty

static createProperty = function(
  property : Struct,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Creates a property expression.

Arguments

• property

  The term containing the property to access.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this term.

Returns Struct

§ createReturn

static createReturn = function(
  value : Struct,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Emits the instruction to return a value from the current function.

Arguments

• value

  The instruction for the value to return.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this value term.

Returns Struct

§ createSelf

static createSelf = function(
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Creates an instruction for accessing the caller self.

Arguments

• location (optional)

  The source location of this term.

Returns Struct

§ createStatement

static createStatement = function(
  term : Struct,
)

Adds an existing node to the current block's statement list.

Arguments

• term

  The term to register to the current block.

§ createStruct

static createStruct = function(
  values : Array,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Emits the instruction to create a new struct literal.

Arguments

• values

  The key-value pairs to populate the struct with.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this value term.

Returns Struct

§ createUnary

static createUnary = function(
  operator : Enum.CatspeakOperator,
  value : String,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Creates a binary operator.

Arguments

• operator

  The operator type to use.

• value

  The value to apply the operator to.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this term.

Returns Struct

§ createUse

static createUse = function(
  condition : Struct,
  body : Struct,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Emits the instruction for a context managed use block.

Arguments

• condition

  The term which evaluates to the condition of the context block.

• body

  The body of the block.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this value term.

Returns Struct

§ createValue

static createValue = function(
  value : Any,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Emits the instruction to return a new constant value.

Arguments

• value

  The value this term should resolve to.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this value term.

Returns Struct

§ createWhile

static createWhile = function(
  condition : Struct,
  body : Struct,
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Emits the instruction for a while loop.

Arguments

• condition

  The term which evaluates to the condition of the while loop.

• body

  The body of the while loop.

• location (optional)

  The source location of this value term.

Returns Struct

§ get

static get = function()
  -> Struct

Returns the underlying representation of this builder.

Returns Struct

§ popBlock

static popBlock = function(
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Clears the most recent local scope and frees any allocated local variables.

Arguments

• location (optional)

  The source location of this block.

Returns Struct

§ popFunction

static popFunction = function(
  location? : Real,
) -> Struct

Finalises a Catspeak function and inserts it into the list of known functionScopes and returns its term.

Arguments

• location (optional)

  The source location of this function definition.

Returns Struct

§ pushBlock

static pushBlock = function(
  inherit? : Bool,
)

Starts a new local variable block scope. Any local variables allocated in this scope will be cleared after [popBlock] is called.

Arguments

• inherit (optional)

  Whether to write terms to the parent block or not. Defaults to false, which will always create a new block term per local scope.

§ pushFunction

static pushFunction = function()

Begins a new Catspeak function scope.