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20 * Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>
26 * Represents a type member with a constant value.
28 public class Vala
.Constant
: Symbol
{
30 * The data type of this constant.
32 public DataType type_reference
{
33 get { return _data_type
; }
36 _data_type
.parent_node
= this
;
41 * The value of this constant.
43 public Expression? value
{
44 get { return _value
; }
48 _value
.parent_node
= this
;
53 private DataType _data_type
;
55 private Expression _value
;
58 * Creates a new constant.
60 * @param name constant name
61 * @param type_reference constant type
62 * @param value constant value
63 * @param source_reference reference to source code
64 * @return newly created constant
66 public Constant (string name
, DataType? type_reference
, Expression? value
, SourceReference? source_reference
, Comment? comment
= null) {
67 base (name
, source_reference
, comment
);
68 if (type_reference
!= null) {
69 this
.type_reference
= type_reference
;
74 public override void accept (CodeVisitor visitor
) {
75 visitor
.visit_constant (this
);
78 public override void accept_children (CodeVisitor visitor
) {
79 type_reference
.accept (visitor
);
82 value
.accept (visitor
);
86 public override void replace_expression (Expression old_node
, Expression new_node
) {
87 if (value
== old_node
) {
92 public override void replace_type (DataType old_type
, DataType new_type
) {
93 if (type_reference
== old_type
) {
94 type_reference
= new_type
;
98 public override bool check (CodeContext context
) {
105 var old_source_file
= context
.analyzer
.current_source_file
;
106 var old_symbol
= context
.analyzer
.current_symbol
;
108 if (source_reference
!= null) {
109 context
.analyzer
.current_source_file
= source_reference
.file
;
111 if (!(parent_symbol is Block
)) {
112 // non-local constant
113 context
.analyzer
.current_symbol
= this
;
116 type_reference
.check (context
);
118 if (!check_const_type (type_reference
, context
)) {
120 Report
.error (source_reference
, "`%s' not supported as type for constants".printf (type_reference
.to_string ()));
127 Report
.error (source_reference
, "A const field requires a value to be provided");
129 value
.target_type
= type_reference
;
131 if (!value
.check (context
)) {
136 if (!value
.value_type
.compatible (type_reference
)) {
138 Report
.error (source_reference
, "Cannot convert from `%s' to `%s'".printf (value
.value_type
.to_string (), type_reference
.to_string ()));
142 // support translated string constants for efficiency / convenience
143 // even though the expression is not a compile-time constant
144 var call
= value as MethodCall
;
146 var method_type
= call
.call
.value_type as MethodType
;
147 if (method_type
!= null && method_type
.method_symbol
.get_full_name () == "GLib._") {
148 // first argument is string
149 var literal
= call
.get_argument_list ().get (0) as StringLiteral
;
150 if (literal
!= null) {
152 literal
.translate
= true;
157 if (!value
.is_constant ()) {
159 Report
.error (value
.source_reference
, "Value must be constant");
166 Report
.error (source_reference
, "External constants cannot use values");
170 if (!external_package
&& !hides
&& get_hidden_member () != null) {
171 Report
.warning (source_reference
, "%s hides inherited constant `%s'. Use the `new' keyword if hiding was intentional".printf (get_full_name (), get_hidden_member ().get_full_name ()));
174 context
.analyzer
.current_source_file
= old_source_file
;
175 context
.analyzer
.current_symbol
= old_symbol
;
182 bool check_const_type (DataType type
, CodeContext context
) {
183 if (type is ValueType
) {
185 } else if (type is ArrayType
) {
186 var array_type
= type as ArrayType
;
187 return check_const_type (array_type
.element_type
, context
);
188 } else if (type
.data_type
.is_subtype_of (context
.analyzer
.string_type
.data_type
)) {