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Mutable comptime globals #4917

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Tracked by #4594
jfecher opened this issue Apr 24, 2024 · 0 comments
Open
Tracked by #4594

Mutable comptime globals #4917

jfecher opened this issue Apr 24, 2024 · 0 comments
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jfecher commented Apr 24, 2024

Problem

comptime globals should also be mutable - unlike runtime globals currently.

Happy Case

comptime mut global COUNTER: Field = 0;

comptime fn get_unique_id() -> Field {
    let id = COUNTER;
    COUNTER += 1;
    id
}

fn id1() -> Field {
    comptime { get_unique_id() }
}

fn id2() -> Field {
    comptime { get_unique_id() }
}

fn main() {
    // Order of comptime evaluation between functions isn't guaranteed
    // so we don't know if (id1 == 0 && id2 == 1) or if (id1 == 1 && id2 == 0).
    // we only know they are not equal
    let id1 = id1();
    let id2 = id2();
    assert(id1 != id2);
}

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@jfecher jfecher added the enhancement New feature or request label Apr 24, 2024
jfecher added a commit that referenced this issue Apr 29, 2024
# Description

## Problem\*

Resolves #4917 

## Summary\*

Implements mutable comptime globals

## Additional Context

Changes should be relatively straightforward - mostly parser changes to
add parsing `mut` to globals, resolution changes to track this and error
if the global is not also comptime, etc. The one bug that was fixed is
that globals were being re-evaluated in the interpreter each time which
would reset their value whenever they were referenced. This has been
fixed with a lookup check.

## Documentation\*

Check one:
- [ ] No documentation needed.
- [ ] Documentation included in this PR.
- [x] **[For Experimental Features]** Documentation to be submitted in a
separate PR.

# PR Checklist\*

- [x] I have tested the changes locally.
- [ ] I have formatted the changes with [Prettier](https://prettier.io/)
and/or `cargo fmt` on default settings.

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Co-authored-by: Tom French <15848336+TomAFrench@users.noreply.github.com>
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