peon/src/backend/types/dispatch.nim

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# Copyright 2022 Mattia Giambirtone & All Contributors
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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## Type dispatching module
import baseObject
import intObject
import floatObject
proc dispatch*(obj: ptr Obj, p: proc (self: ptr Obj): ptr Obj): ptr Obj =
## Dispatches a given one-argument procedure according to
## the provided object's runtime type and returns its result
case obj.kind:
of BaseObject:
result = p(obj)
of ObjectType.Float:
result = p(cast[ptr Float](obj))
of ObjectType.Integer:
result = p(cast[ptr Integer](obj))
else:
discard
proc dispatch*(a, b: ptr Obj, p: proc (self: ptr Obj, other: ptr Obj): ptr Obj): ptr Obj =
## Dispatches a given two-argument procedure according to
## the provided object's runtime type and returns its result
case a.kind:
of BaseObject:
result = p(a, b)
of ObjectType.Float:
# Further type casting for b is expected to occur later
# in the given procedure
result = p(cast[ptr Float](a), b)
of ObjectType.Integer:
result = p(cast[ptr Integer](a), b)
else:
discard