From: Samir Benmendil <me@rmz.io>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 00:24:21 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Handle boolean constants
X-Git-Url: https://git.rmz.io/my-scheme.git/commitdiff_plain/081ba0cc6439a82a508100a59d6fa5dba80609d9?ds=inline

Handle boolean constants

Turns out that Scheme defines `#t` and `#f` to be `true` and `false`.

`let` is used to devife a new symbol `atom` which is a String.
`case...of` matches the literals and constructs a `LispVal` of the
appropriate type and value. `_` is a match all token.
---

diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index 7c987ce..6fcf667 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ parseAtom :: Parser LispVal
 parseAtom = do
     a <- letter <|> symbol
     b <- many (letter <|> digit <|> symbol)
-    return $ Atom (a:b)
+    let atom = a:b
+    return $ case atom of
+                "#t" -> Bool True
+                "#f" -> Bool False
+                _    -> Atom atom
 
 readExpr :: String -> String
 readExpr input = case parse (spaces >> symbol) "lisp" input of