From: Lukas Krickl <lukas@krickl.dev>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 06:23:13 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: scripting: Added stub for gc struct
X-Git-Url: https://git.krickl.dev/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ba8af57cd0d8444810a286bd17042c8b4a936cab;p=lrts%2F.git

scripting: Added stub for gc struct
---

diff --git a/src/l_lsl.h b/src/l_lsl.h
index 394e6cc..403c3cc 100644
--- a/src/l_lsl.h
+++ b/src/l_lsl.h
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ enum l_lsl_data_type {
 	L_LSL_TYPE_INT,
 	L_LSL_TYPE_STRING,
 	L_LSL_FUNCTION,
-	L_LSL_NATIVE_CALL
+	L_LSL_NATIVE_CALL,
+	/* a name binding binds the data following next
+	 * to a name */
+	L_LSL_NAME_BINDING
 };
 
 enum l_lsl_error {
@@ -50,27 +53,28 @@ struct l_lsl_table;
 union l_lsl_value_data {
 	i32 int_val;
 	char *str_val;
+	const char *name;
 };
 
 /* a signle value single value
  * of a specific data type */
 struct l_lsl_value {
-	/* name might be null for literals */
-	const char *name;
-	/* reference count for the
-	 * current entry.
-	 * if rc is 0 this entry should be freed
-	 * rc should increase when:
-	 * 	- entry is assigned to a list
-	 *	rc should decrease when
-	 *	- entry is removed from a list
-	 */
-	u32 rc;
 	enum l_lsl_data_type type;
 	union l_lsl_value_data data;
 	struct l_lsl_value *next;
 };
 
+/* the garbage collector
+ * it keeps a list of all allocated objects
+ * it then followgs all defined entries in the
+ * current vm's program and marks all referenced 
+ * pointers as used.
+ * all unused pointers are freed. */
+struct l_lsl_gc {
+	u32 len;
+	void *ptrs;
+};
+
 struct l_lsl_vm {
 	enum l_lsl_error err;
 	enum l_lsl_flags flags;
@@ -78,6 +82,8 @@ struct l_lsl_vm {
 	const char *path;
 	u32 lex_pos;
 
+	struct l_lsl_gc gc;
+
 	u_malloc_fp malloc;
 	u_free_fp free;
 	u_realloc_fp realloc;