blaise/docs
Graeme Geldenhuys 236736a3be fix(parser): accept parenthesised lvalue as assignment target
A statement beginning with '(' was rejected ("Expected statement"), so a
parenthesised cast could not be an assignment TARGET:
    (a as TB).FX := 42;   -> Parse error
Reading the same expression worked, and the hard-cast target TB(a).FX := 42
worked, so only this statement-parser entry point was missing.

ParseStmt now handles a leading '(' by parsing the parenthesised expression
and requiring a '.Field := Expr' suffix, building a TFieldAssignment whose
receiver is that expression (ObjExpr) — the same AST + semantic + codegen path
already used for element-field writes (a[i].F := v). No AST/semantic/codegen
change was needed; the gap was purely the parser.

Found by the e2e test-hardening sweep of the inheritance cluster. Regression:
TE2EMiscTests.TestRun_ParenCastAsAssignmentTarget, run on BOTH backends.
docs/grammar.ebnf FieldAssignment rule updated.

All three fixpoints + full suite (3223 tests) pass.
2026-06-16 10:06:40 +01:00
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benchmark.txt docs(benchmark): add QBE 1.3 measurement entry 2026-06-02 17:17:54 +01:00
bif-format.adoc docs: .bif file format reference 2026-06-03 19:40:08 +01:00
design.adoc refactor: rename uCodeGen/uCodeGenQBE to blaise.codegen/blaise.codegen.qbe 2026-06-10 12:12:14 +01:00
extending-ast.adoc refactor: rename uCodeGen/uCodeGenQBE to blaise.codegen/blaise.codegen.qbe 2026-06-10 12:12:14 +01:00
future-improvements.adoc feat(sets): range syntax in set literals — [lo..hi] (#105) 2026-06-15 17:14:05 +01:00
grammar.ebnf fix(parser): accept parenthesised lvalue as assignment target 2026-06-16 10:06:40 +01:00
internal-linker-design.adoc test: add assembler/ELF writer tests and internal linker design doc 2026-06-12 09:55:44 +01:00
language-rationale.adoc feat(oop): support 'inherited Method()' in expression position 2026-06-16 10:01:26 +01:00
name-mangling.adoc refactor: rename uCodeGen/uCodeGenQBE to blaise.codegen/blaise.codegen.qbe 2026-06-10 12:12:14 +01:00
native-const-arg-arc-port.adoc docs: native const-arg ARC port design — mark implemented 2026-06-11 07:36:13 +01:00
testing-strategy.adoc refactor: rename uCodeGen/uCodeGenQBE to blaise.codegen/blaise.codegen.qbe 2026-06-10 12:12:14 +01:00