hlc

commit 837516fd18a14210ffb6cb46311ddd7fe9979c70
parent 613e94fd674226346973b98cac8cde97e5b9bff2
Author: thing1 <thing1@seacrossedlovers.xyz>
Date:   Thu,  9 Oct 2025 12:18:43 +0100

allowed for pointer deref

Diffstat:
A
.lex.h.swp
 | 
0

M
lex.c
 | 
8
++++++++
M
lex.h
 | 
1
+
M
main.c
 | 
3
++-
M
test.hlc
 | 
2
+-

5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/.lex.h.swp b/.lex.h.swp
Binary files differ.
diff --git a/lex.c b/lex.c
@@ -117,8 +117,16 @@ lex_sym() {
 /* TODO: make this execpt pointer derefs at the start of a name */
 lex_val *
 lex_name(void) {
+	
 	static char name[32] = { 0 };
 	char c, len = 0;
+
+	if (peekc(input) == '*') {
+		getchr(input);
+		lv.type = DEREF;
+		return &lv;
+	}
+
 	if (!isalpha((c = getchr(input)))) return &lex_error;
 	do {
 		memcpy(strnul(name), &c, 1);
diff --git a/lex.h b/lex.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ enum lex_type {
 	NUM,
 	SEMI,
 	PTR,
+	DEREF,
 	UNARRAY,
 	QUOTE,
 	OBRACE,
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ main() {
 	init_lexer(f);
 
 	while (val = get_next()) 
-		continue;
+		if (val->type == UNKNOWN)
+			break;
 
 	fclose(f);
 }
diff --git a/test.hlc b/test.hlc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-byte *name;
+byte *name = *first;