import mem:*
import string:*
import vector:*

// hmm, like the ast_node, this is another candadate for being fully an ADT
// one issue is that there are properties shared between most of the options (indirection, say)
adt base_type {
    none,
    template,
    template_type,
    void_return,
    boolean,
    character,
    integer,
    floating,
    double_precision,
    function
}

fun type_ptr(): *type {
    return new<type>()->construct()
}
fun type_ptr(base: base_type): *type {
    return new<type>()->construct(base)
}
fun type_ptr(parameters: vector<*type>, return_type: *type): *type {
    return new<type>()->construct(parameters, return_type)
}

obj type (Object) {
    var base: base_type
    var parameter_types: vector<*type>
    var return_type: *type
    fun construct(): *type {
        base.copy_construct(&base_type::none())
        parameter_types.construct()
        return this
    }
    fun construct(base_in: base_type): *type {
        base.copy_construct(&base_in)
        parameter_types.construct()
        return this
    }
    fun construct(parameter_types_in: vector<*type>, return_type_in: *type): *type {
        base.copy_construct(&base_type::function())
        parameter_types.copy_construct(&parameter_types)
        return_type = return_type_in
        return this
    }
    fun copy_construct(old: *type) {
        base.copy_construct(&old->base)
        parameter_types.copy_construct(&old->parameter_types)
        return_type = old->return_type
    }
    fun operator=(other: ref type) {
        destruct()
        copy_construct(&other)
    }
    fun destruct() {
        base.destruct()
        parameter_types.destruct()
    }
    fun to_string(): string {
        match (base) {
            base_type::none() return string("none")
            base_type::template() return string("template")
            base_type::template_type() return string("template_type")
            base_type::void_return() return string("void_return")
            base_type::boolean() return string("boolean")
            base_type::character() return string("character")
            base_type::integer() return string("integer")
            base_type::floating() return string("floating")
            base_type::double_precision() return string("double_precision")
            base_type::function() {
                var temp = string("function: (")
                parameter_types.for_each(fun(parameter_type: *type) temp += parameter_type->to_string() + " ";)
                return temp + ")" + return_type->to_string()
            }
        }
        return string("impossible type")
    }
}