begin block expression and added grouped expression

ast/ast.go

@@ -128,3 +128,28 @@ func (be *BinaryExpression) TokenLiteral() string { return be.Token.Literal }
 func (be *BinaryExpression) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("(%s %s %s)", be.Lhs, be.Operator.SymbolString(), be.Rhs)
 }
+
+type BlockExpression struct {
+	Token            token.Token // The '{'
+	Expressions      []Expression
+	ReturnExpression Expression // A expression that does not end with a semicolon, there can only be one of those and it hast to be at the end
+}
+
+func (be *BlockExpression) expressionNode()      {}
+func (be *BlockExpression) TokenLiteral() string { return be.Token.Literal }
+func (be *BlockExpression) String() string {
+	var builder strings.Builder
+
+	builder.WriteString("({\n")
+	for _, expr := range be.Expressions {
+		builder.WriteString("\t")
+		builder.WriteString(expr.String())
+		builder.WriteString(";\n")
+	}
+	if be.ReturnExpression != nil {
+		builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\t%s\n", be.ReturnExpression.String()))
+	}
+	builder.WriteString("})")
+
+	return builder.String()
+}

lexer/lexer.go

@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ func (l *Lexer) NextToken() token.Token {
 		tok = l.newToken(token.Asterisk)
 	case '/':
 		tok = l.newToken(token.Slash)
+	case '{':
+		tok = l.newToken(token.OpenBrack)
+	case '}':
+		tok = l.newToken(token.CloseBrack)
 	case '!':
 		if l.peekByte() == '=' {
 			pos := l.position

parser/parser.go

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ type precedence int
 
 const (
 	PrecLowest precedence = iota
+	PrecComparison
 	PrecSum
 	PrecProduct
-	PrecComparison
 )
 
 var precedences = map[token.TokenType]precedence{
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ func New(l *lexer.Lexer) *Parser {
 	p.registerPrefixFn(token.Int, p.parseIntegerExpression)
 	p.registerPrefixFn(token.True, p.parseBooleanExpression)
 	p.registerPrefixFn(token.False, p.parseBooleanExpression)
+	p.registerPrefixFn(token.OpenParen, p.parseGroupedExpression)
+	p.registerPrefixFn(token.OpenBrack, p.parseBlockExpression)
 
 	p.infixParseFns = make(map[token.TokenType]infixParseFn)
 	p.registerInfixFn(token.Plus, p.parseBinaryExpression)
@@ -128,22 +130,22 @@ func (p *Parser) exprError(invalidToken token.Token, format string, args ...any)
 	}
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) expect(tt token.TokenType) bool {
+func (p *Parser) expect(tt token.TokenType) (bool, ast.Expression) {
 	if p.curToken.Type != tt {
 		p.error(p.curToken, "expected %q, got %q", tt, p.curToken.Type)
-		return false
+		return false, &ast.ErrorExpression{InvalidToken: p.curToken}
 	}
-	return true
+	return true, nil
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) expectPeek(tt token.TokenType) bool {
+func (p *Parser) expectPeek(tt token.TokenType) (bool, ast.Expression) {
 	if p.peekToken.Type != tt {
 		p.error(p.peekToken, "expected %q, got %q", tt, p.peekToken.Type)
 		p.nextToken()
-		return false
+		return false, nil
 	}
 	p.nextToken()
-	return true
+	return true, &ast.ErrorExpression{InvalidToken: p.curToken}
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) ParseProgram() *ast.Program {
@@ -163,28 +165,28 @@ func (p *Parser) ParseProgram() *ast.Program {
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) parseDeclaration() ast.Declaration {
-	if !p.expect(token.Fn) {
+	if ok, _ := p.expect(token.Fn); !ok {
 		return nil
 	}
 	tok := p.curToken
-	if !p.expectPeek(token.Ident) {
+	if ok, _ := p.expectPeek(token.Ident); !ok {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	name := p.curToken.Literal
-	if !p.expectPeek(token.OpenParen) {
+	if ok, _ := p.expectPeek(token.OpenParen); !ok {
 		return nil
 	}
-	if !p.expectPeek(token.CloseParen) {
+	if ok, _ := p.expectPeek(token.CloseParen); !ok {
 		return nil
 	}
-	if !p.expectPeek(token.Equal) {
+	if ok, _ := p.expectPeek(token.Equal); !ok {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	p.nextToken()
 	expr := p.parseExpression(PrecLowest)
-	if !p.expectPeek(token.Semicolon) {
+	if ok, _ := p.expectPeek(token.Semicolon); !ok {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -219,8 +221,8 @@ func (p *Parser) parseExpression(precedence precedence) ast.Expression {
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) parseIntegerExpression() ast.Expression {
-	if !p.expect(token.Int) {
+	if ok, errExpr := p.expect(token.Int); !ok {
-		return &ast.ErrorExpression{InvalidToken: p.curToken}
+		return errExpr
 	}
 
 	int := &ast.IntegerExpression{
@@ -279,3 +281,40 @@ func (p *Parser) parseBinaryExpression(lhs ast.Expression) ast.Expression {
 
 	return &ast.BinaryExpression{Lhs: lhs, Rhs: rhs, Operator: op, Token: tok}
 }
+
+func (p *Parser) parseGroupedExpression() ast.Expression {
+	p.expect(token.OpenParen)
+
+	p.nextToken()
+	expr := p.parseExpression(PrecLowest)
+
+	if ok, errExpr := p.expectPeek(token.CloseParen); !ok {
+		return errExpr
+	}
+
+	return expr
+}
+
+func (p *Parser) parseBlockExpression() ast.Expression {
+	if ok, errExpr := p.expect(token.OpenBrack); !ok {
+		return errExpr
+	}
+	block := &ast.BlockExpression{Token: p.curToken}
+
+	p.nextToken()
+	for !p.curTokenIs(token.CloseBrack) {
+		expr := p.parseExpression(PrecLowest)
+		if p.peekTokenIs(token.Semicolon) {
+			block.Expressions = append(block.Expressions, expr)
+			p.nextToken()
+			p.nextToken()
+		} else if p.peekTokenIs(token.CloseBrack) {
+			block.ReturnExpression = expr
+			p.nextToken()
+		} else {
+			return p.exprError(p.peekToken, "expected a ';' or '}' to either end the current expression or block, but got %q instead.", p.peekToken.Type)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return block
+}

parser/parser_test.go

@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ func runParserTest(test parserTest, t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for i, decl := range test.expectedProgram.Declarations {
-		expectDeclarationSame(t, decl, actual.Declarations[i])
+		expectDeclaration(t, decl, actual.Declarations[i])
 	}
 }
 
-func expectDeclarationSame(t *testing.T, expected ast.Declaration, actual ast.Declaration) {
+func expectDeclaration(t *testing.T, expected ast.Declaration, actual ast.Declaration) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	switch expected := expected.(type) {
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ func expectDeclarationSame(t *testing.T, expected ast.Declaration, actual ast.De
 func expectExpression(t *testing.T, expected ast.Expression, actual ast.Expression) {
 	t.Helper()
 
+	if expected == nil {
+		if actual != nil {
+			t.Errorf("expected a nil expression but got %v", actual)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
 	switch expected := expected.(type) {
 	case *ast.ErrorExpression:
 		actual, ok := actual.(*ast.ErrorExpression)
@@ -109,6 +116,21 @@ func expectExpression(t *testing.T, expected ast.Expression, actual ast.Expressi
 		if booleanExpr.Value != expected.Value {
 			t.Errorf("expected boolean %v, got %v", expected.Value, booleanExpr.Value)
 		}
+	case *ast.BlockExpression:
+		blockExpr, ok := actual.(*ast.BlockExpression)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Errorf("expected %T, got %T", expected, actual)
+			return
+		}
+
+		if len(expected.Expressions) != len(blockExpr.Expressions) {
+			t.Errorf("expected block with %d expressions, got %d", len(expected.Expressions), len(blockExpr.Expressions))
+			return
+		}
+		for i, expectedExpression := range expected.Expressions {
+			expectExpression(t, expectedExpression, blockExpr.Expressions[i])
+		}
+		expectExpression(t, expected.ReturnExpression, blockExpr.ReturnExpression)
 	default:
 		t.Fatalf("unknown expression type %T", expected)
 	}
@@ -152,3 +174,45 @@ func TestBinaryExpressions(t *testing.T) {
 
 	runParserTest(test, t)
 }
+
+func TestBlockExpression(t *testing.T) {
+	test := parserTest{
+		input: "fn main() = {\n3;\n{ 3+2 }\n}\n;",
+		expectedProgram: ast.Program{
+			Declarations: []ast.Declaration{
+				&ast.FunctionDeclaration{
+					Name: "main",
+					Body: &ast.BlockExpression{
+						Expressions: []ast.Expression{
+							&ast.IntegerExpression{Value: 3},
+						},
+						ReturnExpression: &ast.BlockExpression{
+							Expressions: []ast.Expression{},
+							ReturnExpression: &ast.BinaryExpression{
+								Lhs:      &ast.IntegerExpression{Value: 3},
+								Rhs:      &ast.IntegerExpression{Value: 2},
+								Operator: ast.Add,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	runParserTest(test, t)
+}
+
+func TestGroupedExpression(t *testing.T) {
+	test := parserTest{
+		input: "fn main() = (3);",
+		expectedProgram: ast.Program{
+			Declarations: []ast.Declaration{
+				&ast.FunctionDeclaration{
+					Name: "main",
+					Body: &ast.IntegerExpression{Value: 3},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	runParserTest(test, t)
+}

test.tt

@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-fn main() = 3 + 3 != false;
+fn main() = {
+    3 + 3;
+    3 * 43 * 34 / 34;
+    3
+};

token/token.go

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ const (
 	Equal      TokenType = "="
 	OpenParen  TokenType = "("
 	CloseParen TokenType = ")"
+	OpenBrack  TokenType = "{"
+	CloseBrack TokenType = "}"
 
 	// Binary Operators
 	Plus        TokenType = "+"