chicken.rb

###
# Scheme code is translated to YARV byte code, then evaluated in the
# Ruby Virtual Machine

require 'rbconfig'
require 'dl'
require 'fiddle'
require 'strscan'

class RubyVM
  class InstructionSequence
    handle = DL::Handle::DEFAULT
    address = handle['rb_iseq_load']
    func = Fiddle::Function.new(address, [DL::TYPE_VOIDP] * 3,
                                DL::TYPE_VOIDP)

    # This monkey patch allows us to load arbitrary byte code with
    # Ruby's VM
    define_singleton_method(:load) do |data, parent = nil, opt = nil|
      func.call(DL.dlwrap(data), parent, opt).to_value
    end
  end
end

module Chicken
  class Compiler
    # Compile scheme source to Ruby byte code and load it as an ISeq object
    def compile source
      tok  = Tokenizer.new source
      code = []
      iseq = [
        "YARVInstructionSequence/SimpleDataFormat", 2, 0, 1, {},
        "<compiled>", "<compiled>", nil, 1, :top, [], 0, [],
        code
      ]
      _compile tok, code
      code << [:leave]
      RubyVM::InstructionSequence.load iseq
    end

    # Evaluate some scheme code by translating it to Ruby bytecode and
    # evaluating the bytecode:
    #
    #   cc = Chicken::Compiler.new
    #   cc.eval '(+ 20 (- 5 2))'
    def eval scheme
      compile(scheme).eval
    end

    private

    # Translate one ( ... ) to ruby byte code. Recurses on inner parens.
    def _compile tok, stack
      tok.next_token # LPAREN
      type, func = tok.next_token

      loop do
        case tok.peek.first
        when :LPAREN then _compile tok, stack
        when :RPAREN then break
        else
          stack << opcode(*tok.next_token)
        end
      end

      stack << opcode(type, func)
    end

    # Determine the opcode for the token we parsed.
    def opcode tok, value
      case tok
      when :NUM  then  [:putobject, value]
      when :PLUS then  [:opt_plus, 0]
      when :MINUS then [:opt_minus, 0]
      else
        raise "unknown token: #{tok}"
      end
    end
  end

  class Tokenizer
    def initialize source
      @s    = StringScanner.new source
      @peek = nil
    end

    def peek
      @peek ||= next_token
    end

    def next_token
      return nil if @s.eos?

      if @peek
        x = @peek
        @peek = nil
        return x
      end

      case
      when t = @s.scan(/\(/)         then [:LPAREN, t]
      when t = @s.scan(/\)/)         then [:RPAREN, t]
      when t = @s.scan(/\s+/)        then next_token
      when t = @s.scan(/\d+/)        then [:NUM, t.to_i]
      when t = @s.scan(/\+/)         then [:PLUS, t]
      when t = @s.scan(/\-/)         then [:MINUS, t]
      when t = @s.scan(/[^\s\(\)]+/) then [:IDENT, t]
      end
    end
  end
end

if $0 == __FILE__
  compiler = Chicken::Compiler.new
  puts compiler.eval('(+ 10 (- 5 2))')
end

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