From 040353683fecb259223c470292047b01bd7f590b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emin Arslan <me@emin.engineer>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 16:25:42 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] interpreter: added a new implementation for an interpreter.
 typechecks, but it needs testing

---
 lib/interpreter/dune    |  3 ++
 lib/interpreter/main.ml | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 79 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lib/interpreter/dune
 create mode 100644 lib/interpreter/main.ml

diff --git a/lib/interpreter/dune b/lib/interpreter/dune
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fb2ee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/interpreter/dune
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+(library
+ (name interpreter)
+ (libraries compiler))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/interpreter/main.ml b/lib/interpreter/main.ml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..329839f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/interpreter/main.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+
+let ( let* ) = Result.bind
+let traverse = Compiler.Util.traverse
+
+type runtime_value =
+  | Int of int
+  | Double of float
+  | String of string
+  | Nil
+  | Cons of runtime_value * runtime_value
+  | Symbol of string
+(* The rest can't appear as literal values, and are constructed in other ways *)
+  | Closure of Compiler.Scope_analysis.expression * (runtime_value ref list)
+
+let rec interpret_literal = function
+  | Compiler.Core_ast.Int x -> Ok (Int x)
+  | Double x -> Ok (Double x)
+  | String s -> Ok (String s)
+  | Cons (a, b) ->
+     let* a = interpret_literal a in
+     let* b = interpret_literal b in
+     Ok (Cons (a, b))
+  | Nil -> Ok (Nil)
+    
+
+let rec interpret_one expr env globals =
+  match expr with
+  | Compiler.Scope_analysis.Literal l -> interpret_literal l
+  | Local i ->
+     (match (List.nth_opt env i) with
+      | None -> Error "Error while accessing local variable!"
+      | Some x -> Ok !x)
+  | Global i ->
+     Ok (Array.get globals i)
+  | Apply (f, e) ->
+     let* f = interpret_one f env globals in
+     let* e = interpret_one e env globals in
+     (match f with
+      | Closure (body, inner_env) ->
+         let f_env = (ref e) :: inner_env in
+         interpret_one body f_env globals
+      | _ -> Error "Cannot apply an argument to non-closure value!")
+  | Lambda body ->
+     Ok (Closure (body, env))
+  | If (test, then_e, else_e) ->
+     let* test = interpret_one test env globals in
+     (match test with
+      | Nil -> interpret_one else_e env globals
+      | _ -> interpret_one then_e env globals)
+  | SetLocal (i, e) ->
+     (match (List.nth_opt env i) with
+      | None -> Error "Error while setting local variable!"
+      | Some r ->
+         let* e = interpret_one e env globals in
+         r := e; Ok e)
+  | SetGlobal (i, e) ->
+     let* e = interpret_one e env globals in
+     Array.set globals i e; Ok e
+  | Begin [] -> Ok Nil
+  | Begin [e] -> interpret_one e env globals
+  | Begin (e :: rest) ->
+     let* e = interpret_one e env globals in
+     ignore e; interpret_one (Begin rest) env globals
+
+let interpret program global_syms =
+  let count = Compiler.Scope_analysis.SymbolTable.cardinal global_syms in
+  let globals : runtime_value array = Array.make count Nil in
+  
+  Ok (interpret_one (Begin program) [] globals)
+
+
+
+let interpret_src src =
+  let* (program, globals) = Compiler.Scope_analysis.of_src src in
+  interpret program globals
+