the new ListType type takes the of []any

formatter.go

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Celestino Amoroso (celestino.amoroso@gmail.com).
+// All rights reserved.
+
+// formatter.go
+package expr
+
+type FmtOpt uint16
+
+const (
+	tty FmtOpt = 1 << iota
+)
+
+type Formatter interface {
+	ToString(options FmtOpt) string
+}

iter-list.go

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ package expr
 import "io"
 
 type FlatArrayIterator struct {
-	a     []any
+	a     ListType
 	index int
 }
 
-func NewFlatArrayIterator(array []any) *FlatArrayIterator {
+func NewFlatArrayIterator(array ListType) *FlatArrayIterator {
 	return &FlatArrayIterator{a: array, index: 0}
 }
 

operand-list.go

@@ -4,6 +4,44 @@
 // operand-list.go
 package expr
 
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type ListType []any
+
+func (ls *ListType) ToString(opt FmtOpt) string {
+	var sb strings.Builder
+	sb.WriteByte('[')
+	if len(*ls) > 0 {
+		if opt&MultiLine != 0 {
+			sb.WriteString("\n  ")
+		}
+		for i, item := range []any(*ls) {
+			if i > 0 {
+				if opt&MultiLine != 0 {
+					sb.WriteString(",\n  ")
+				} else {
+					sb.WriteString(", ")
+				}
+			}
+			if s, ok := item.(string); ok {
+				sb.WriteByte('"')
+				sb.WriteString(s)
+				sb.WriteByte('"')
+			} else {
+				sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%v", item))
+			}
+		}
+		if opt&MultiLine != 0 {
+			sb.WriteByte('\n')
+		}
+	}
+	sb.WriteByte(']')
+	return sb.String()
+}
+
 // -------- list term
 func newListTermA(args ...*term) *term {
 	return newListTerm(args)
@@ -23,7 +61,7 @@ func newListTerm(args []*term) *term {
 // -------- list func
 func evalList(ctx ExprContext, self *term) (v any, err error) {
 	list, _ := self.value().([]*term)
-	items := make([]any, len(list))
+	items := make(ListType, len(list))
 	for i, tree := range list {
 		var param any
 		if param, err = tree.compute(ctx); err != nil {
@@ -32,35 +70,7 @@ func evalList(ctx ExprContext, self *term) (v any, err error) {
 		items[i] = param
 	}
 	if err == nil {
-		v = items
+		v = &items
 	}
 	return
 }
-
-// // -------- list term
-// func newListTerm(args []*term) *term {
-// 	return &term{
-// 		tk:       *NewToken(0, 0, SymList, "[]"),
-// 		parent:   nil,
-// 		children: args,
-// 		position: posLeaf,
-// 		priority: priValue,
-// 		evalFunc: evalList,
-// 	}
-// }
-
-// // -------- list func
-// func evalList(ctx ExprContext, self *term) (v any, err error) {
-// 	items := make([]any, len(self.children))
-// 	for i, tree := range self.children {
-// 		var param any
-// 		if param, err = tree.compute(ctx); err != nil {
-// 			break
-// 		}
-// 		items[i] = param
-// 	}
-// 	if err == nil {
-// 		v = items
-// 	}
-// 	return
-// }