when the list value involved in an insert or append operations (directly) comes from a variable, that variable receives the result list

list_test.go

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ func TestListParser(t *testing.T) {
 		/*  19 */ {`["a", "b", "c"]`, newList([]any{"a", "b", "c"}), nil},
 		/*  20 */ {`#["a", "b", "c"]`, int64(3), nil},
 		/*  21 */ {`"b" in ["a", "b", "c"]`, true, nil},
+		/*  22 */ {`a=[1,2]; (a)<<3`, []any{1, 2, 3}, nil},
+		/*  23 */ {`a=[1,2]; (a)<<3; 1`, []any{1, 2}, nil},
 
 		// /*  8 */ {`[int(x)|x=csv("test.csv",1,all(),1)]`, []any{int64(10), int64(40), int64(20)}, nil},
 		// /*  9 */ {`sum(@[int(x)|x=csv("test.csv",1,all(),1)])`, []any{int64(10), int64(40), int64(20)}, nil},

operand-list.go

@@ -12,6 +12,21 @@ import (
 
 type ListType []any
 
+func newListA(listAny ...any) (list *ListType) {
+	return newList(listAny)
+}
+
+func newList(listAny []any) (list *ListType) {
+	if listAny != nil {
+		ls := make(ListType, len(listAny))
+		for i, item := range listAny {
+			ls[i] = item
+		}
+		list = &ls
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func (ls *ListType) ToString(opt FmtOpt) string {
 	var sb strings.Builder
 	sb.WriteByte('[')
@@ -47,21 +62,6 @@ func (ls *ListType) String() string {
 	return ls.ToString(0)
 }
 
-func newListA(listAny ...any) (list *ListType) {
-	return newList(listAny)
-}
-
-func newList(listAny []any) (list *ListType) {
-	if listAny != nil {
-		ls := make(ListType, len(listAny))
-		for i, item := range listAny {
-			ls[i] = item
-		}
-		list = &ls
-	}
-	return
-}
-
 func (list *ListType) indexDeepCmp(target any) (index int) {
 	index = -1
 	for i, item := range *list {

operator-insert.go

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ func evalInsert(ctx ExprContext, self *term) (v any, err error) {
 		list, _ := rightValue.(*ListType)
 		newList := append(ListType{leftValue}, *list...)
 		v = &newList
+		if self.children[1].symbol() == SymIdentifier {
+			ctx.UnsafeSetVar(self.children[1].source(), v)
+		}
 	} else {
 		err = self.errIncompatibleTypes(leftValue, rightValue)
 	}
@@ -54,12 +57,33 @@ func evalAppend(ctx ExprContext, self *term) (v any, err error) {
 		list, _ := leftValue.(*ListType)
 		newList := append(*list, rightValue)
 		v = &newList
+		if self.children[0].symbol() == SymIdentifier {
+			ctx.UnsafeSetVar(self.children[0].source(), v)
+		}
 	} else {
 		err = self.errIncompatibleTypes(leftValue, rightValue)
 	}
 	return
 }
 
+// func evalAssignAppend(ctx ExprContext, self *term) (v any, err error) {
+// 	var leftValue, rightValue any
+
+// 	if leftValue, rightValue, err = self.evalInfix(ctx); err != nil {
+// 		return
+// 	}
+
+// 	if IsList(leftValue) {
+// 		list, _ := leftValue.(*ListType)
+// 		newList := append(*list, rightValue)
+// 		v = &newList
+// 		if
+// 	} else {
+// 		err = self.errIncompatibleTypes(leftValue, rightValue)
+// 	}
+// 	return
+// }
+
 // init
 func init() {
 	registerTermConstructor(SymInsert, newInsertTerm)