diff -r a75e3aea98ff -r 3c39d80fdede stage3/narrow_candidate_datatypes.cc --- a/stage3/narrow_candidate_datatypes.cc Thu May 10 15:40:19 2012 +0100 +++ b/stage3/narrow_candidate_datatypes.cc Thu May 10 16:09:50 2012 +0100 @@ -32,10 +32,27 @@ */ +/* NOTE: The algorithm implemented here assumes that candidate datatype lists have already been filled! + * BEFORE running this visitor, be sure to CALL the fill_candidate_datatype_c visitor! + */ + + /* - * Narrow class select and store a data type from candidate data types list for all symbols + * Choose, from the list of all the possible datatypes each expression may take, the single datatype that it will in fact take. + * The resulting (chosen) datatype, will be stored in the symbol_c.datatype variable, leaving the candidate datatype list untouched! + * + * For rvalue expressions, this decision will be based on the datatype of the lvalue expression. + * For lvalue expressions, the candidate datatype list should have a single entry. + * + * For example, the very simple literal '0' in 'foo := 0', may represent a: + * BOOL, BYTE, WORD, DWORD, LWORD, USINT, SINT, UINT, INT, UDINT, DINT, ULINT, LINT (as well as the SAFE versions of these data tyes too!) + * + * In this class, the datatype of '0' will be set to the same datatype as the 'foo' variable. + * If the intersection of the candidate datatype lists of the left and right side expressions is empty, + * then a datatype error has been found, and the datatype is either left at NULL, or set to a pointer of an invalid_type_name_c object! */ + #include "narrow_candidate_datatypes.hh" #include "datatype_functions.hh" #include