feat: simple connection to a php repl

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -21,23 +21,25 @@
 
 ## v0.1.4
 
+- [ ] Synchronize the THP & PHP repls outputs
+- [ ] Test semantic analysis
+- [ ] Generate php code from current AST
 - [ ] Parse obj/map/dict syntax
 - [ ] Parse tuple syntax
 - [ ] Parse class instantiation syntax
+- [ ] Parse logic operators `&& ||`
+- [ ] Parse namespace operator `::`
+- [ ] Implement subtyping for numbers
 
 
 ## v0.1.3
 
-- [ ] Test semantic analysis
-- [ ] Generate php code from current AST
 - [x] Typecheck and semantic check simple assignment
 - [x] Test correct operator precedence
 - [x] Parse assignments
 - [x] Parse dot `.` operator
-- [ ] Parse logic operators `&& ||`
 - [x] Parse Array access `arr[pos]`
-- [ ] Parse namespace operator `::`
-- [ ] Implement subtyping for numbers
+- [x] Spawn a PHP repl, and connect the THP repl to it
 
 
 ## v0.1.2

Cargo.lock

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thp"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 dependencies = [
  "ariadne",
  "colored",

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "thp"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 edition = "2021"
 
 

src/codegen/php/statement_list.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ impl Transpilable for PFile<'_> {
     }
 }
 
+impl PFile<'_> {
+    pub fn transpile_without_header(&self) -> String {
+        let mut fragments = vec![];
+        for statement in self.statements.iter() {
+            fragments.push(statement.transpile());
+        }
+        fragments.join("\n")
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::{

src/repl/mod.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use ::std::io::{self, Write};
+use ::std::io::{self, BufRead, BufReader, Error, Read, Write};
+use ::std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+use ::std::thread;
+use ::std::time::Duration;
 
 use crate::codegen::Transpilable;
 use crate::error_handling::PrintableError;
@@ -12,13 +15,95 @@ use crate::php_ast::transformers::PHPTransformable;
 
 /// Executes the REPL, reading from stdin, compiling and emitting PHP to stdout
 pub fn run() -> io::Result<()> {
+    // attempt to spawn a php repl
+
+    let php_repl = Command::new("php")
+        .arg("-a")
+        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn();
+    let mut php_repl = match php_repl {
+        Ok(c) => c,
+        Err(error) => {
+            eprintln!("Couldn't open a PHP REPL session: {:?}", error);
+            return Err(error);
+        }
+    };
+
+    let mut php_stdin = match php_repl.stdin.take() {
+        Some(handle) => handle,
+        None => {
+            eprintln!("Error: couldn't get stdin handle from PHP REPL");
+            return Err(Error::new(
+                io::ErrorKind::Other,
+                "Can't get PHP REPL stdin handle",
+            ));
+        }
+    };
+
+    let mut php_stdout = match php_repl.stdout.take() {
+        Some(h) => h,
+        None => {
+            eprintln!("Error: couldn't get stdout handle from PHP REPL");
+            return Err(Error::new(
+                io::ErrorKind::Other,
+                "Can't get PHP REPL stdout handle",
+            ));
+        }
+    };
+
     let stdin = io::stdin();
     let mut buffer = String::new();
     let mut repl_symbol_table = SymbolTable::new();
     std::populate(&mut repl_symbol_table);
 
-    println!("REPL: Enter expressions to evaluate. Type Ctrl-D to exit.");
+    // start a thread that prints whatever php sends back
+    let php_stdout_handle = thread::spawn(move || {
+        let mut reader = BufReader::new(php_stdout);
+
         loop {
+            // sleep for 50ms
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
+
+            // read a line from php
+            let mut line = String::new();
+            match reader.read_line(&mut line) {
+                Ok(n) => {
+                    if n == 0 {
+                        // EOF
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if n == 1 {
+                        // just a newline
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    // Suppress some php outputs
+                    if line == "Interactive shell\n" {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    // Ignore anything that starts with `php > `
+                    if line.starts_with("php > ") {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    print!("php output: `{line}`")
+                }
+                Err(error) => {
+                    // log error and exit
+                    eprint!("Error while reading from PHP STDOUT: {:?}", error);
+                    break;
+                }
+            };
+        }
+
+        println!("php stdout thread finished");
+    });
+
+    println!("REPL: Enter expressions to evaluate. Type Ctrl-D to exit.");
+    let result = loop {
+        // TODO: syncronize the writes to thp stdout
+        // such that the php output doesnt overlap with this
         print!("> ");
         io::stdout().flush()?;
         buffer.clear();
@@ -30,18 +115,46 @@ pub fn run() -> io::Result<()> {
                 break Ok(());
             }
             Ok(_) => {
-                compile(&buffer, &mut repl_symbol_table);
+                match compile(&buffer, &mut repl_symbol_table) {
+                    Some(php_code) => {
+                        // TODO: this cant be efficient, fix
+                        let php_code = format!("{php_code}\n");
+
+                        // send php code
+                        //println!("{php_code}");
+                        match php_stdin.write_all(php_code.as_bytes()) {
+                            Ok(_) => {}
+                            Err(error) => {
+                                eprintln!("Error writing the generated code to the PHP process.");
+                                break Err(error);
+                            }
+                        };
+
+                        // the php repl should respond with its output, and that
+                        // will be printed by another thread
+                    }
+                    None => {}
+                }
             }
             Err(error) => {
                 eprintln!("Error reading stdin.");
                 break Err(error);
             }
         };
-    }
+    };
+
+    // kill the php process
+    php_repl.kill().expect("Couldnt KILL child php process...");
+
+    php_stdout_handle
+        .join()
+        .expect("STDOUT thread failed to join...");
+
+    result
 }
 
-/// Full pipeline from THP source code to PHP output
-fn compile(input: &String, symbol_table: &mut SymbolTable) {
+/// Compiles THP code and returns the generated PHP code as a String
+fn compile(input: &String, symbol_table: &mut SymbolTable) -> Option<String> {
     //
     // Lexical analysis
     //
@@ -49,7 +162,7 @@ fn compile(input: &String, symbol_table: &mut SymbolTable) {
         Ok(t) => t,
         Err(error) => {
             error.print_ariadne(input);
-            return;
+            return None;
         }
     };
 
@@ -60,7 +173,7 @@ fn compile(input: &String, symbol_table: &mut SymbolTable) {
         Ok(ast) => ast,
         Err(error) => {
             error.print_ariadne(input);
-            return;
+            return None;
         }
     };
 
@@ -72,7 +185,7 @@ fn compile(input: &String, symbol_table: &mut SymbolTable) {
         Ok(_) => {}
         Err(error) => {
             error.print_ariadne(input);
-            return;
+            return None;
         }
     }
 
@@ -84,5 +197,5 @@ fn compile(input: &String, symbol_table: &mut SymbolTable) {
     //
     // Codegen
     //
-    println!("{}", php_ast.transpile());
+    Some(php_ast.transpile_without_header())
 }