Perl 6 Deep Dive

Using abstract syntax tree attributes

Currently, the G grammar only parses the constructions when an integer value is assigned to a variable:

$x = 100;

Let us see how to add support for the following assignments:

$x = $y;

The rule for parsing constructions like $x = 100 used the following rule:

rule assignment {    <variable> '=' <value> { . . . }}

On the right-hand side of the equals sign, we see a value, which we can replace with a more general item, expression. In the end, the expression may be any expression that a language understands, such as 10, $x, 10 + 3, or $x + $y, and more. Let us approach that point step by step. First, introduce the expression rule. The problem is that we have to return the value of the expression to the action ...