implement compound and designated literals support
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@@ -175,6 +175,38 @@ e.g. for checking output for other platform:
sexc example/sdl3-triangle.sex -C --no-platform-features --features=linux,unix,x86-64
#+end_src
** Aggregate initializers and compound literals
~#(...)~ is a brace initializer. On its own it has no type and takes one
from where it is written:
#+begin_src scheme
(var p (struct point) #(1 2))
#+end_src
A ~:~ inside one ends a type and makes the whole thing a compound
literal --- an unnamed object of that type, usable anywhere an
expression is:
#+begin_src scheme
(var q (struct point) #(struct point : 3 4))
(var a (* int) #([int 3] : 10 20 30))
(draw-line ui #(struct point : 0 0) end)
(var p (* struct point) (& #(struct point : 9 9))) ; an lvalue, so `&' works
#+end_src
The type is written as bare words, the way it is everywhere else in the
language; ~:~ is what ends it.
A leading ~.~ names a field, so initializers may be designated, given in
any order, and mixed with positional ones:
#+begin_src scheme
(var r (struct named) #(struct named : .n 7 .first-name "zoe"))
#+end_src
A compound literal written inside a block lives until the end of that
block and no longer, so returning its address is a dangling pointer.
** Syntactic macros
Sex has support for syntactic macros. Macro definitions look like
functions: they have a name, an argument list and a body. Macro should