iter-ops raised above assign; 'cat' operator returns an iterator; $$ operator supports iterators producing a list of items

operator-context.go

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 package expr
 
 import (
+	"io"
+
 	"git.portale-stac.it/go-pkg/expr/kern"
 	"git.portale-stac.it/go-pkg/expr/scan"
 )
@@ -23,8 +25,8 @@ func newContextTerm(tk *scan.Token) (inst *scan.Term) {
 
 func evalContextValue(ctx kern.ExprContext, opTerm *scan.Term) (v any, err error) {
 	var childValue any
-
 	var sourceCtx kern.ExprContext
+
 	if len(opTerm.Children) == 0 {
 		sourceCtx = ctx
 	} else if opTerm.Children[0].Symbol() == scan.SymVariable && opTerm.Children[0].Source() == "global" {
@@ -53,6 +55,20 @@ func evalContextValue(ctx kern.ExprContext, opTerm *scan.Term) (v any, err error
 			}
 			v = d
 		}
+	} else if childValue != nil {
+		if it, ok := childValue.(kern.Iterator); ok {
+			var item any
+			values := kern.NewListA()
+			for item, err = it.Next(); err == nil; item, err = it.Next() {
+				values.AppendItem(item)
+			}
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				err = nil
+				v = values
+			}
+		} else {
+			err = opTerm.ErrIncompatiblePrefixPostfixType(childValue)
+		}
 	} else {
 		err = opTerm.ErrIncompatiblePrefixPostfixType(childValue)
 	}