Add routine for getting proper typename

main.cpp

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ want to export all the symbols, we can namespace them optionally.
 
 @todo
 [ ] - Better error messages when type difference
-[ ] - Casting pointers to and from void should be implicit
 [ ] - Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte
 [ ] - Mixing loads and imports leads to code duplication, is that what we want???
 [ ] - Fix field access, cant cast, cant index
@@ -74,6 +73,7 @@ want to export all the symbols, we can namespace them optionally.
 [ ] - Conditional compilation #if
 
 @donzo
+[x] - Casting pointers to and from void should be implicit
 [x] - Multiple return values
 [x] - Add c string
 [-] - Should compound resolution use an algorithm to reorder compounds to initialize all fields in order

programs/base_test.kl

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 main :: (argc: int, argv: **char): int
   arena: Arena
   arena_init(&arena)
-  data: *S64 = arena_push_size(&arena, size_of(S64))
+  data: *S64 = allocate((&arena)->*Allocator, size_of(S64))
   *data = 10
 
   arena_release(&arena)

typechecking.cpp

@@ -16,6 +16,61 @@ check_value_bounds(Token *pos, Value *a){
   }
 }
 
+function void
+typename_base(String_Builder *sb, Ast_Type *type){
+  switch(type->kind){
+    case TYPE_INCOMPLETE: sb->addf("INCOMPLETE"); break;
+    case TYPE_COMPLETING: sb->addf("COMPLETING"); break;
+    case TYPE_TYPE:       sb->addf("TYPE"); break;
+    case TYPE_POINTER:
+      sb->addf("*");
+      typename_base(sb, type->base);
+      break;
+    case TYPE_LAMBDA:
+      sb->addf("(");
+      For(type->func.args) typename_base(sb, it);
+      sb->addf("):");
+      typename_base(sb, type->func.ret);
+      break;
+    case TYPE_ARRAY:
+      sb->addf("[%d]", (int)type->arr.size);
+      typename_base(sb, type->arr.base);
+      break;
+    case TYPE_SLICE:
+      sb->addf("[]");
+      typename_base(sb, type->base);
+      break;
+    case TYPE_STRUCT:
+    case TYPE_ENUM:{
+      // @todo direct access
+      auto constant = (Ast_Decl *)type->ast;
+      auto name = constant->name;
+      sb->addf("%Q", name);
+      break;
+    }
+    case TYPE_UNTYPED_BOOL: sb->addf("Untyped_Bool"); break;
+    case TYPE_UNTYPED_INT: sb->addf("Untyped_Int"); break;
+    case TYPE_UNTYPED_FLOAT: sb->addf("Untyped_Float"); break;
+    case TYPE_UNTYPED_STRING: sb->addf("Untyped_String"); break;
+    default: {
+      sb->addf("%s", name(type));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// @todo: takes too much memory from caller
+// Caching String_Builder would be cool and then having
+// a pass arena or something
+function const char *
+get_typename(Allocator *a, Ast_Type *type){
+  String_Builder sb = {a};
+  sb.addf("[");
+  typename_base(&sb, type);
+  sb.addf("]");
+  String result = string_flatten(a, &sb);
+  return (const char *)result.str;
+}
+
 function Value
 convert_untyped_to_typed(Token *pos, Value a, Ast_Type *new_type){
   assert(new_type);
@@ -303,7 +358,8 @@ make_sure_value_is_compatible_with_type(Token *pos, Operand *expr, Ast_Type *typ
   }
 
   if(type && expr->type != type){
-    compiler_error(pos, "Assigning but incompatible types, expression: %s expected var type: %s", docname(expr->type), docname(type));
+    Scratch scratch;
+    compiler_error(pos, "Assigning but incompatible types, expression: %s expected var type: %s", get_typename(scratch, expr->type), get_typename(scratch, type));
   }
 
   type_complete(expr->type);
@@ -379,11 +435,12 @@ resolve_typespec(Ast_Expr *ast, Resolve_Flag flags, Ast_Type *compound_context =
   if(!ast && is_flag_set(flags, AST_CAN_BE_NULL))
     return 0;
 
+  Scratch scratch;
   Operand resolved = resolve_expr(ast, flags, compound_context);
   if(is_flag_set(flags, RESOLVE_TYPESPEC_COMPLETE))
     type_complete(resolved.type_val);
   if(resolved.type != type_type)
-    compiler_error(ast->pos, "Expected [Type] got instead %s", docname(resolved.type));
+    compiler_error(ast->pos, "Expected [Type] got instead %s", get_typename(scratch, resolved.type));
   return resolved.type_val;
 }
 
@@ -395,9 +452,10 @@ resolve_and_require_bool(const char *error, Ast_Expr *expr, Resolve_Flag flags,
     else compiler_error(0, "Compiler error: Null expression");
   }
 
+  Scratch scratch;
   Operand op = resolve_expr(expr, flags, compound_context);
   if(!is_bool(op.type)){
-    compiler_error(expr->pos, "Expected type [Bool] got instead type %s :: %s", docname(op.type), error);
+    compiler_error(expr->pos, "Expected type [Bool] got instead type %s :: %s", get_typename(scratch, op.type), error);
   }
 
   return op;