From 908d8f01d5e964971ad76909c0ec31468ee93d2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrian Kummerlaender
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:12:37 +0200
Subject: Play around with a vector type

Using _vectors_ as fundamental datatype could make for a really neat experience.

Imagine e.g.:

* fundamental arithmetic operations that apply to both vectors and scalars
* implicit component-wise or vector-wise operations
* scalar values as 1D vectors
* higher order functions to manipulate those vectors
    * `map` function that applies a (quoted?) word to all vector elements and returns the result
    * efficient parallel operations
* a rich library of vector manipulation functions
* or even: matrices as a fundamental datatype?
    * problem: probably harder to conveniently enter via a 1-D repl
* sound more and more like a RPN version of APL…

Back to reality, here is what this prototype actually adds:

* new `DList!int` based datatype alongside the existing int, string and bool types
* basic support for printing such values in a readable fashion
* new fundamental `:` word that constructs a vector of two elements
    * `1 2 :` yields `[1, 2]`
* adapted `+` and `*` to support component-wise operations
    * `1 2 : 3 +` yields `[4, 5]`
---
 source/state/variable.d | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'source/state/variable.d')

diff --git a/source/state/variable.d b/source/state/variable.d
index f77e207..978a2fd 100644
--- a/source/state/variable.d
+++ b/source/state/variable.d
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ bool handle(Token token) {
 	return token.visit!(
 		(int        ) => false,
 		(bool       ) => false,
-		(string word) => handle(word)
+		(string word) => handle(word),
+		(DList!int  ) => false
 	);
 }
 
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