README.md

simple_compiler

Files and their constants

astree.h

• AST_*: the AST node type.

symtab.h

• SYMBOL_*: the symbol type in the symbol table (identifier, integer literal, real literal, character literal, string literal)
• ID_*: the "nature" of the identifier (variable, vector, function)
• TP_*: the data type of the identifier (byte, short, long, float, double)

Hashmap structure

struct hashmap

• size: how many buckets
• used: how many items
• load_factor: maximum used/size ratio before resizing
• value_size: size of the value stored in items
• buckets: array of pointers to items

+---------------+
| buckets       |             +--------+            +--------+
+---------------+   zoom      |  item  |            |  item  |
| item_address +----------->  +--------+     +--->  +--------+
| NULL          |             |  ...   |     |      |  ...   |
| item_address  |             |        |     |      |        |
| item_address  |             |        |     |      |        |
| NULL          |             |  next +------+      |  NULL  |
| ...           |             |        |            |        |
+---------------+             +--------+            +--------+