[Mono-list] Re: First Snapshot of MonoBASIC

[Miguel de Icaza]

> >From what I saw of your code I think most of it 'looks' right for VB.NET, 
> the biggest trouble I´m having is with how to handle initializers.
> 
> In C# one can say:
> 
> int z,x,y;
> int a=5,b=6;
> 
> and in VB you say:
> 
> Dim z,x,y as integer
> Dim a as integer = 5
> Dim b as integer = 6

You could handle this situation by using the extra data on the parse
tree to detect syntax errors:

decl
	: DIM var_list as TYPE opt_init 
	  {
		if (opt_init != null){
			if (var_list.Count != 1)
				error ();
			else
				// single variable with initializer
		} else {
			// no initializer
		}
	  }
	;

var_list
	: IDENTIFIER
	  { 
		ArrayList list = new ArrayList ();
		list.Add ($1);
	  }

	| var_list COMMA IDENTIFIER
	  {
		ArrayList list = (ArrayList) $1;
		list.Add ($3);
	  }
	;

opt_init
	: /* empty */
	| EQUAL VALUE 
	  { $$ = $2; }
	;