comptime storage and function values

2026-07-03 23:23:36 +02:00
parent ee41a54e41
commit 4ebe9c90e9
8 changed files with 1255 additions and 119 deletions
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ call_mapper func(mapper native.Imported_Mapper) c_int {
 }
 ```

+Native Brolang function pointer values use `*func(...) R`, with fallible
+channels written on the result:
+
+```bro
+call func(callback *func(value i32) i32, value i32) i32 {
+	return callback(value)
+}
+```
+
 Bodyless manual and imported C functions may be variadic:

 ```bro
@@ -138,7 +147,8 @@ Current prototype features:
 - Demand-monomorphized Brolang and C-ABI functions
 - Integer and type comptime parameters (`func($N usize) [N]u8`, `func($T type, value T) T`) specialized by comptime argument
 - Forced typed comptime expressions (`$sum(1, 2)`, `$Point { x = 1, y = 2 }`) and comptime value blocks (`${ yield 4 }`)
- Comptime execution for bodyful Brolang functions with mutable locals, loops, `defer`, `match`, and `try`/`catch`
+- Comptime execution for bodyful Brolang functions with mutable locals, loops, `defer`, `match`, `try`/`catch`, pointer/slice storage mutation, pointer captures, and calls through comptime-known function values
+- Native function pointer values and types (`*func(...) R`, `*func(...) R ! E`, `?*func(...) R`)
 - Bodyless concrete C function declarations with exact external symbol names
 - Bodyless manual and imported C variadic declarations with default argument promotions
 - Ordered linking of additional C sources, objects, archives, and libraries