xo-alloc/include/xo/expression/Expression.hpp

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/** @file Expression.hpp
*
* Author: Roland Conybeare
**/
#pragma once
#include "xo/refcnt/Refcounted.hpp"
#include "exprtype.hpp"
namespace xo {
namespace ast {
/** @class Expression
* @brief abstract syntax tree for an EGAD program
*
* (Expression Graph with Automagic Derivation)
*
* Things you can do with an Expression:
* - evaluate it using an interpreter
* - execute it on a VM
* - compile using LLVM
* see xo-jit/
*
* Expressions are immutable. This means they can resused
* across jit interactions
**/
class Expression : public ref::Refcount {
public:
explicit Expression(exprtype extype) : extype_{extype} {}
exprtype extype() const { return extype_; }
/** write human-readable representation to stream **/
virtual void display(std::ostream & os) const = 0;
/** human-readable string representation **/
virtual std::string display_string() const;
private:
/** expression type (constant | apply | ..) for this expression **/
exprtype extype_ = exprtype::invalid;
}; /*Expression*/
inline std::ostream &
operator<<(std::ostream & os, const Expression & x) {
x.display(os);
return os;
}
} /*namespace ast*/
} /*namespace xo*/
/** end Expression.hpp **/