[docs] document node kinds and flags; couple random tweaks

docs/md_docs.md

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 //~ Node types that are used to build all ASTs.
 
 @doc("The basic kinds of nodes in the abstract syntax tree parsed from metadesk.")
+@see(MD_Node)
 @enum MD_NodeKind: {
  @doc("The Nil node is a unique node representing the lack of information, for example iterating off the end of a list, or up to the parent of a root node results in Nil.")
  Nil,
@@ -79,6 +80,12 @@
  @doc("A File node represents parsed metadesk source text.")
  File,
 
+ @doc("A List node serves as the root of an externally chained list of nodes. It's children are nodes with the MD_NodeKind_Reference kind.")
+ List,
+
+ @doc("A Reference node is an indirection to another node. The node field 'ref_target' contains a pointer to the referenced node. These nodes are typically used for creating externally chained linked lists that gather nodes from a parse tree.")
+ Reference,
+
  @doc("A Namespace node represents a namespace created by the '#namespace' reserved keyword.")
  Namespace,
 
@@ -93,34 +100,51 @@
  MAX,
 };
 
+@doc("Flags put on nodes to indicate extra information about specific details about the strings that were parsed to create the node.")
+@see(MD_Node)
+@see(MD_TokenKind)
 @prefix(MD_NodeFlag)
 @base_type(MD_u32)
 @flags MD_NodeFlags: {
+ @doc("The node has children in an open/close symbol pair and '(' is the open symbol.")
  ParenLeft,
+ @doc("The node has children in an open/close symbol pair and ')' is the close .")
  ParenRight,
+ @doc("The node has children in an open/close symbol pair and '[' is the open symbol.")
  BracketLeft,
+ @doc("The node has children in an open/close symbol pair and ']' is the close symbol.")
  BracketRight,
+ @doc("The node has children in an open/close symbol pair and '{' is the close symbol.")
  BraceLeft,
+ @doc("The node has children in an open/close symbol pair and '}' is the close symbol.")
  BraceRight,
 
+ @doc("The delimiter between this node and it's next sibling is a ';'")
  BeforeSemicolon,
+ @doc("The delimiter between this node and it's next sibling is a ','")
  BeforeComma,
 
+ @doc("The delimiter between this node and it's previous sibling is a ';'")
  AfterSemicolon,
+ @doc("The delimiter between this node and it's previous sibling is a ','")
  AfterComma,
 
+ @doc("The label on this node comes from a token with the MD_TokenKind_NumericLiteral kind.")
  Numeric,
+ @doc("The label on this node comes from a token with the MD_TokenKind_Identifier kind.")
  Identifier,
+ @doc("The label on this node comes from a token with the MD_TokenKind_StringLiteral kind.")
  StringLiteral,
+ @doc("The label on this node comes from a token with the MD_TokenKind_CharLiteral kind.")
  CharLiteral,
 };
 
+@doc("")
 @prefix(MD_NodeMatchFlag)
 @base_type(MD_u32)
 @flags MD_NodeMatchFlags: {
- MD_NodeMatchFlag_Tags,
-
- MD_NodeMatchFlag_TagArguments,
+ Tags,
+ TagArguments,
 };
 
 @struct MD_Node: {
@@ -140,6 +164,7 @@
  string: MD_String8,
  whole_string: MD_String8,
  string_hash: MD_u64,
+ ref_target: *MD_Node,
 
  // Comments.
  comment_before: MD_String8,
@@ -167,6 +192,7 @@
  None,
  Warning,
  Error,
+ CatastrophicError,
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////

source/md_impl.c

@@ -1644,38 +1644,36 @@ MD_PRIVATE_FUNCTION_IMPL MD_ParseResult _MD_ParseOneNode(MD_ParseCtx *ctx);
 MD_PRIVATE_FUNCTION_IMPL void _MD_ParseSet(MD_ParseCtx *ctx, MD_Node *parent, _MD_ParseSetFlags flags, MD_Node **first_out, MD_Node **last_out);
 MD_PRIVATE_FUNCTION_IMPL void _MD_ParseTagList(MD_ParseCtx *ctx, MD_Node **first_out, MD_Node **last_out);
 
-MD_PRIVATE_FUNCTION_IMPL void
-_MD_SetNodeFlagsByToken(MD_Node *node, MD_Token token)
+MD_PRIVATE_FUNCTION_IMPL MD_NodeFlags
+_MD_NodeFlagsFromTokenKind(MD_TokenKind kind)
 {
-#define Flag(_kind, _flag) if(token.kind == _kind) { node->flags |= _flag; }
-    Flag(MD_TokenKind_Identifier,     MD_NodeFlag_Identifier);
-    Flag(MD_TokenKind_NumericLiteral, MD_NodeFlag_Numeric);
-    Flag(MD_TokenKind_StringLiteral,  MD_NodeFlag_StringLiteral);
-    Flag(MD_TokenKind_CharLiteral,    MD_NodeFlag_CharLiteral);
-#undef Flag
+    MD_NodeFlags result = 0;
+    switch (kind){
+        case MD_TokenKind_Identifier:     result = MD_NodeFlag_Identifier;    break;
+        case MD_TokenKind_NumericLiteral: result = MD_NodeFlag_Numeric;       break;
+        case MD_TokenKind_StringLiteral:  result = MD_NodeFlag_StringLiteral; break;
+        case MD_TokenKind_CharLiteral:    result = MD_NodeFlag_CharLiteral;   break;
+    }
+    return(result);
 }
 
 MD_PRIVATE_FUNCTION_IMPL MD_b32
 _MD_StringLiteralIsBalanced(MD_Token token)
 {
-    MD_b32 result = 0;
     MD_u64 front_len = token.string.str - token.outer_string.str;
     MD_u64 back_len  = (token.outer_string.str + token.outer_string.size) - (token.string.str + token.string.size);
-    result = (front_len == back_len);
+    MD_b32 result = (front_len == back_len);
     return result;
 }
 
 MD_PRIVATE_FUNCTION_IMPL MD_b32
 _MD_CommentIsSyntacticallyCorrect(MD_Token comment_token)
 {
-    
-    MD_b32 result = 1;
-    
     MD_String8 inner = comment_token.string;
     MD_String8 outer = comment_token.outer_string;
     MD_b32 incorrect = (MD_StringMatch(MD_StringPrefix(outer, 2), MD_S8Lit("/*"), 0) &&   // C-style comment
                         (inner.str != outer.str + 2 || inner.str + inner.size != outer.str + outer.size - 2)); // Internally unbalanced
-    result = !incorrect;
+    MD_b32 result = !incorrect;
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -1768,7 +1766,7 @@ _MD_ParseOneNode(MD_ParseCtx *ctx)
     {
         result.node = MD_MakeNodeFromToken(MD_NodeKind_Label, ctx->filename, ctx->file_contents.str,
                                            token.outer_string.str, token);
-        _MD_SetNodeFlagsByToken(result.node, token);
+        result.node->flags |= _MD_NodeFlagsFromTokenKind(token.kind);
         
         if(token.kind == MD_TokenKind_CharLiteral || token.kind == MD_TokenKind_StringLiteral)
         {