/** Serene --- Yet an other Lisp
*
* Copyright (c) 2020  Sameer Rahmani <lxsameer@gnu.org>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
use crate::errors::Error;
use crate::runtime::RT;
use crate::scope::Scope;
use crate::types::collections;
use crate::types::{Number, Symbol};

pub type PossibleExpr = Result<Expr, Error>;

pub trait Expression {
    fn eval(&self, rt: &RT, scope: &Scope) -> PossibleExpr;
}

#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Clone)]
pub enum Expr {
    Sym(Symbol),
    Str(String),
    Num(Number),
    Comment,
    Error(String),
    Cons(Box<collections::List>),
    Nil,
    NoMatch,
}

impl Expr {
    pub fn make_list(elements: &[Expr]) -> Expr {
        Expr::Cons(Box::new(collections::List::new(elements)))
    }

    pub fn list_to_cons(l: collections::List) -> Expr {
        Expr::Cons(Box::new(l))
    }

    pub fn make_empty_list() -> collections::List {
        collections::List::new_empty()
    }

    pub fn make_symbol(v: String) -> Expr {
        Expr::Sym(Symbol::new(v))
    }

    pub fn make_string(v: String) -> Expr {
        Expr::Str(v)
    }

    pub fn make_number(n: Number) -> Expr {
        Expr::Num(n)
    }
}

// impl Expression for Expr {
//     fn eval(&self, rt: &RT, scope: &Scope) -> PossibleExpr {
//         match self {
//             Expr::Sym(s) => {
//                 s.eval
//             }
//         }
//     }
// }