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Creating functions with named arguments [message #1044131]

Thu, 18 April 2013 14:28

Erick Fonseca

Messages: 68
Registered: December 2011

Member

I'm trying to define functions which accept named parameters, like in Python. For example:

function f(x, y):
    // something

// you can call f like this
f(1, 2)

// or naming the arguments
f(x=1, y=2)
f(y=2, x=1)
f(1, y=2)

// but you can't supply a non named argument after a named one
f(x=1, 2) // wrong

I came up with these rules for the function:

Function:
    'function' name=ID '(' parameters+=Parameter (',' parameters+=Parameter)* ')' ':'
    statements += Statement+
    'end'
;

Parameter:
    name = ID
;

FunctionCall:
    function=[Function] '(' (paramNames+=[Parameter] '=' )? paramValues+=INT (',' (paramNames+=[Parameter] '=' )? paramValues+=INT )* ')'
;

I also added a ScopeProvider to to provide the parameter names.

Now, how can I enforce the condition that once you give a named parameter in a function call, all subsequent parameters must also be named?

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Re: Creating functions with named arguments [message #1044232 is a reply to message #1044131]

Thu, 18 April 2013 16:43

Hallvard Traetteberg

Messages: 673
Registered: July 2009
Location: Trondheim, Norway

Senior Member

Some rules/condition are best "enforced" by the validator, not the grammar.

Hallvard

On 18.04.13 07.28, Erick Fonseca wrote:
> I'm trying to define functions which accept named parameters, like in
> Python. For example:
>
>
> function f(x, y):
> // something
>
> // you can call f like this
> f(1, 2)
>
> // or naming the arguments
> f(x=1, y=2)
> f(y=2, x=1)
> f(1, y=2)
>
> // but you can't supply a non named argument after a named one
> f(x=1, 2) // wrong
>
>
>
> I came up with these rules for the function:
>
> Function:
> 'function' name=ID '(' parameters+=Parameter (','
> parameters+=Parameter)* ')' ':'
> statements += Statement+
> 'end'
> ;
>
> Parameter:
> name = ID
> ;
>
> FunctionCall:
> function=[Function] '(' (paramNames+=[Parameter] '=' )?
> paramValues+=INT (',' (paramNames+=[Parameter] '=' )? paramValues+=INT
> )* ')'
> ;
>
>
> I also added a ScopeProvider to to provide the parameter names.
>
> Now, how can I enforce the condition that once you give a named
> parameter in a function call, all subsequent parameters must also be named?

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Re: Creating functions with named arguments [message #1044247 is a reply to message #1044232]

Thu, 18 April 2013 17:05

Erick Fonseca

Messages: 68
Registered: December 2011

Member

I agree, but I don't know how to do it from the validator. I need to verify which paramValues had a paramName before them, but I don't see how.

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Re: Creating functions with named arguments [message #1044303 is a reply to message #1044247]

Thu, 18 April 2013 18:44

Steve Kallestad

Messages: 62
Registered: March 2013

Member

I am not doing this myself, but I would take a look at NodeModelUtils getPreviousSibling and getNextSibling functions. Maybe start with the function node/eobject, And from there get the child parameter list. Iterate through them. When you find a named parameter, validate that all consecutive parameters are also named.

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Re: Creating functions with named arguments [message #1044655 is a reply to message #1044303]

Fri, 19 April 2013 07:11

Alexander Nittka

Messages: 1193
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi,

NodeModelUtils is relevant if you *need* to access the parse model. In this use case this is not necessary, you can do everything with the semantic one. You could write a validation for a function call, iterate over all parameters and check whether they all have the same type.

Alex

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Re: Creating functions with named arguments [message #1044973 is a reply to message #1044655]

Fri, 19 April 2013 15:24

Erick Fonseca

Messages: 68
Registered: December 2011

Member

Well, I actually found an easier solution based on the grammar, defining rules for named and non-named (positional) arguments:

FunctionCall:
    function=[Function] '(' args=ArgList ')'
;

ArgList:
    positionalArgs+=PositionalArgument (',' positionalArgs+=PositionalArgument)* (',' namedArgs+=NamedArgument)* |
    namedArgs+=NamedArgument (',' namedArgs+=NamedArgument)*
;

NamedArgument:
    paramName=[Parameter] '=' argument=INT
;

PositionalArgument:
    argument=INT
;

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