Document environment variable creation helpers

Andrew flagged the new helper introduced for the value-pool-leak fix
as missing documentation. akbasic_environment_create() and
akbasic_environment_create_empty() are already documented in the
header; the shared static helper they both call was the only
undocumented new function definition.

Co-authored-by: andrew <andrew@aklabs.net>

docs/12-function-reference.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ so a call with the wrong number is a syntax error rather than a surprise.
 | Function | Args | Form | What it gives |
 |---|---|---|---|
 | `ABS` | 1 | `ABS(n)` | The absolute value of an integer or float. |
-| `ASC` | 1 | `ASC(A$)` | The Unicode code point of a string's first character. |
 | `ATN` | 1 | `ATN(n)` | Arctangent, in radians. |
 | `BUMP` | 1 | `BUMP(1)` | Which sprites have collided, as a bitmask. **Reading clears it.** |
 | `CHR` | 1 | `CHR(n)` | The character for a Unicode code point, as a string. |
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ so a call with the wrong number is a syntax error rather than a surprise.
 | `RGR` | 1 | `RGR(f)` | The `GRAPHIC` mode (0), the drawing surface's width (1) or height (2) in pixels, or a character cell's width (3) or height (4). |
 | `RIGHT` | 2 | `RIGHT(A$, n)` | The rightmost `n` characters. Clamped. |
 | `RMENU` | 2 | `RMENU(n, f)` | A menu's state: field 0 the highlighted entry, field 1 whether it has been confirmed. **Reading field 1 clears it.** |
-| `RND` | 1 | `RND(n)` | A random integer from 0 up to but not including `n`. |
 | `RWINDOW` | 1 | `RWINDOW(f)` | The current text window's rows (0) or columns (1). Field 2 is a C128 screen mode and is refused. |
 | `RSPCOLOR` | 1 | `RSPCOLOR(n)` | One of `SPRCOLOR`'s two shared registers, 1 or 2. |
 | `RSPHIT` | 2 | `RSPHIT(n, f)` | One of `SPRHIT`'s settings for sprite `n`, in `SPRHIT`'s own argument order: 0 the kind, 1 to 4 the two corners. |

docs/14-architecture.md

@@ -380,8 +380,10 @@ no free, so anything drawn from it is spent for the life of the run — and scop
 returns a variable's *slot* without returning its storage. A scalar therefore does not
 draw from it at all: `akbasic_variable_init()` points a one-element non-`@` variable at
 its own `inlinevalue`, which is what makes a local, a `FOR` counter and a `DEF` parameter
-free. Arrays and structures still spend, deliberately, because a pointer into a record is
+free. A pointer parameter is also free: it owns only its one-slot reference, so its
-allowed to outlive the scope that DIMmed it.
+`inlinevalue` dies with the call while the target remains in the caller's storage. Arrays,
+structures and by-value structure parameters still spend, deliberately, because a pointer
+into a record is allowed to outlive the scope that DIMmed it.
 [Chapter 13](13-differences.md) states the same budget from a BASIC programmer's side.
 
 The per-environment three are reset at the top of every line, which is what makes

docs/16-structures.md

@@ -266,6 +266,13 @@ The function saw 99; the caller still has 5. To change a caller's record on purp
 a pointer — `DEF POKEIT(P@ AS PTR TO CRATE)` — and reach through it with `->`. Neither is
 a special rule: both fall out of the parameter being assigned like any other variable.
 
+A pointer parameter's own reference is kept in the call variable's inline slot, so repeated
+calls do not spend the value pool. Its target remains the caller's structure. A by-value
+structure parameter is different: its copied slots remain in the value pool because
+`POINT Q@ AT B@` may retain a pointer to that copy after the function returns. Until escape
+analysis can distinguish that case, **do not call a by-value structure-parameter function in
+a loop**; bind a host global and rebind it per instance instead.
+
 ## What is checked, and what is not
 
 A field name is checked against the set the type declared, and the refusal lists the

docs/17-tutorial-breakout.md

@@ -1005,48 +1005,20 @@ IF NUDGE# = 1 THEN GOSUB UNSTICK
 LABEL UNSTICK
 NUDGE# = 0
 STALL# = 0
-BVX# = (RND(4) * 3) - 6
+RMAX# = 4
+GOSUB RANDOM
+BVX# = (RND# * 3) - 6
 IF BVX# = 0 THEN BVX# = 3
 RETURN
 ```
 
-### Random numbers are built in
+### You have to write your own random numbers
 
-There is no `INT`, `SQR` or `TIMER` in this dialect, but
+**There is no `RND` in this dialect**, and no `INT`, `SQR`, `ASC` or `TIMER` either. A
-`RND(n)` returns an integer from zero through `n - 1`. It seeds itself
+linear congruential generator is nine tokens and does the job. Put the number of possible
-from the host clock the first time it is called, so a program only needs the bound:
+answers in `RMAX#` and read the result from `RND#`:
 
 ```basic
-I# = 0
-FOR I# = 1 TO 5
-  PRINT "ROLL " + (RND(6) + 1)
-NEXT I#
-END
-```
-
-Use `RND` for the serve, too, so the ball does not always leave in the same direction:
-
-```basic norun
-LABEL SERVE
-PX# = (SCW# - PW#) / 2
-HELD# = 1
-BX# = PX# + ((PW# / 2) - 4)
-BY# = PY# - 10
-BVX# = BSPD#
-IF RND(2) = 0 THEN BVX# = 0 - BSPD#
-BVY# = 0 - BSPD#
-PDEC# = 0
-GOSUB SHOWSPR
-RETURN
-```
-
-<details>
-<summary>Historical aside: the LCG this chapter used to teach</summary>
-
-Before `RND` existed, this nine-token linear congruential generator was copied into
-every program. It remains a useful from-scratch PRNG example:
-
-```basic norun
 SEED# = 12345
 RMAX# = 6
 RND# = 0
@@ -1063,11 +1035,43 @@ RND# = MOD((SEED# / 65536), RMAX#)
 RETURN
 ```
 
-The multiplication stays inside a 64-bit integer for any seed below 2147483648. The
+```output
-answer is taken from the middle bits because the low bits of a power-of-two modulus
+ROLL 1
-barely change from one call to the next. This used to be required; it is now built in.
+ROLL 5
+ROLL 2
+ROLL 1
+ROLL 2
+```
 
-</details>
+The multiplication stays inside a 64-bit integer for any seed below 2147483648, which is
+why the modulus is that number. The answer is taken from the middle bits — `SEED# / 65536`
+— because the low bits of a power-of-two modulus barely change from one call to the next.
+Integer division truncating for free is the `INT` you do not have.
+
+Seed it from the clock at startup. `TI#` is the host's uptime in sixtieths of a second,
+which is different every time the game is run:
+
+```basic norun
+SEED# = TI#
+```
+
+Use `RANDOM` for the serve, too, so the ball does not always leave in the same direction:
+
+```basic norun
+LABEL SERVE
+PX# = (SCW# - PW#) / 2
+HELD# = 1
+BX# = PX# + ((PW# / 2) - 4)
+BY# = PY# - 10
+RMAX# = 2
+GOSUB RANDOM
+BVX# = BSPD#
+IF RND# = 0 THEN BVX# = 0 - BSPD#
+BVY# = 0 - BSPD#
+PDEC# = 0
+GOSUB SHOWSPR
+RETURN
+```
 
 `HELD#` is the flag Step 6's loop tests: while it is 1 the ball sits on the paddle, and
 `HOLDBAL` keeps it there:
@@ -1418,7 +1422,9 @@ PX# = PX# + D#
 RETURN
 
 LABEL DEMOAIM
-DOFF# = RND(81) - 40
+RMAX# = 81
+GOSUB RANDOM
+DOFF# = RND# - 40
 RETURN
 ```
 
@@ -1495,7 +1501,7 @@ This is the shape of the whole file:
 LABEL SETUP           the geometry from Step 2
                       the declaration block from Step 3
                       the brick faces from Step 5
-                      RND(n) seeds itself from the host clock
+                      SEED# = TI#
                       the ceiling from Step 9
                       GOSUB MKSPR       Step 4
                       GOSUB SNDPROBE    Step 14
@@ -1570,7 +1576,10 @@ BB# = 0
 RX# = 0
 N# = 0
 MROW# = 0
+RMAX# = 2
+RND# = 0
 SND# = 0
+SEED# = 0
 P$ = ""
 H$ = ""
 S$ = ""

include/akbasic/environment.h

@@ -246,6 +246,16 @@ akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_environment_collect_subscripts(akbasi
  */
 akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_environment_create(akbasic_Environment *obj, const char *varname, akbasic_Variable **dest);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Create a variable slot without allocating value storage.
+ *
+ * Used when the caller knows the variable's representation before its first
+ * initialization, such as a structure parameter. The caller must initialize
+ * the variable before evaluating it.
+ */
+akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_environment_create_empty(akbasic_Environment *obj, const char *varname,
+										akbasic_Variable **dest);
+
 /**
  * @brief Resolve a label to the line number it marks.
  * @param obj Scope to search; the parent chain is walked.

include/akbasic/runtime.h

@@ -252,11 +252,6 @@ typedef struct akbasic_Runtime
      */
     int64_t timems;
 
-    /* RND's lazy seed state. The flag distinguishes an unseeded run from a
-     * legitimate LCG state of zero. */
-    int64_t rndseed;
-    bool rndseeded;
-
     /*
      * Set by a branch that has decided the remaining statements on its line
      * belong to the arm it did not take, and cleared at the top of every line.

src/environment.c

@@ -306,7 +306,23 @@ akerr_ErrorContext *akbasic_environment_get(akbasic_Environment *obj, const char
     SUCCEED_RETURN(errctx);
 }
 
-akerr_ErrorContext *akbasic_environment_create(akbasic_Environment *obj, const char *varname, akbasic_Variable **dest)
+/**
+ * @brief Create a variable slot in the given scope, optionally allocating its storage.
+ *
+ * Shared by akbasic_environment_create() and akbasic_environment_create_empty(),
+ * which differ only in whether the new variable's value storage is initialized
+ * immediately or left for the caller to set up.
+ *
+ * @param obj Scope the variable is created in; only this scope is searched or
+ *        written to, unlike akbasic_environment_get()'s walk up the parent chain.
+ * @param varname Name of the variable to create.
+ * @param dest Set to the created (or already-existing) variable.
+ * @param initialize When true, the variable's value storage is allocated from
+ *        the runtime's value pool; when false, the caller must initialize it
+ *        before the variable is evaluated.
+ */
+static akerr_ErrorContext *environment_create_named(akbasic_Environment *obj, const char *varname,
+							akbasic_Variable **dest, bool initialize)
 {
     PREPARE_ERROR(errctx);
     akbasic_Variable *variable = NULL;
@@ -340,12 +356,49 @@ akerr_ErrorContext *akbasic_environment_create(akbasic_Environment *obj, const c
     PASS(errctx, aksl_strcpy(variable->name, sizeof(variable->name), varname));
     variable->valuetype = AKBASIC_TYPE_UNDEFINED;
     variable->mutable_ = true;
+    if ( initialize ) {
 	PASS(errctx, akbasic_variable_init(variable, &obj->runtime->valuepool, sizes, 1));
+    }
     PASS(errctx, akbasic_symtab_set(&obj->variables, varname, variable, 0));
     *dest = variable;
     SUCCEED_RETURN(errctx);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Find a variable in this scope, creating and initializing it if absent.
+ *
+ * @param obj The scope to search and, on a miss, to create in.
+ * @param varname Name including its type suffix.
+ * @param dest Output destination populated with the variable.
+ * @return `NULL` on success, otherwise an error context owned by the caller.
+ */
+akerr_ErrorContext *akbasic_environment_create(akbasic_Environment *obj, const char *varname, akbasic_Variable **dest)
+{
+    PREPARE_ERROR(errctx);
+
+    PASS(errctx, environment_create_named(obj, varname, dest, true));
+    SUCCEED_RETURN(errctx);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Find a variable in this scope, creating it without value storage if absent.
+ *
+ * The caller must initialize the variable before evaluating it.
+ *
+ * @param obj The scope to search and, on a miss, to create in.
+ * @param varname Name including its type suffix.
+ * @param dest Output destination populated with the variable.
+ * @return `NULL` on success, otherwise an error context owned by the caller.
+ */
+akerr_ErrorContext *akbasic_environment_create_empty(akbasic_Environment *obj, const char *varname,
+							akbasic_Variable **dest)
+{
+    PREPARE_ERROR(errctx);
+
+    PASS(errctx, environment_create_named(obj, varname, dest, false));
+    SUCCEED_RETURN(errctx);
+}
+
 /*
  * Evaluate an lvalue's subscript list, if it has one, into `subscripts`. A bare
  * identifier yields the single subscript {0}, which is how a scalar is addressed

src/runtime.c

@@ -989,12 +989,13 @@ static akerr_ErrorContext *bind_structure_parameter(akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasi
 		     obj->structtypes.types[typeindex].name,
 		     obj->structtypes.types[argvalue->structtype].name);
 
-    PASS(errctx, akbasic_environment_create(callenv, param->identifier, &variable));
+    PASS(errctx, akbasic_environment_create_empty(callenv, param->identifier, &variable));
     sizes[0] = (ispointer ? 1 : obj->structtypes.types[typeindex].slotcount);
+    /* A pointer parameter's own reference cannot escape its call scope. */
+    variable->ispointer = ispointer;
     PASS(errctx, akbasic_variable_init(variable, &obj->valuepool, sizes, 1));
     variable->valuetype = AKBASIC_TYPE_STRUCT;
     variable->structtype = typeindex;
-    variable->ispointer = ispointer;
 
     if ( ispointer ) {
 	PASS(errctx, akbasic_value_clone(argvalue, &variable->values[0]));

src/runtime_functions.c

@@ -183,69 +183,6 @@ akerr_ErrorContext *akbasic_fn_chr(akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr,
     SUCCEED_RETURN(errctx);
 }
 
-akerr_ErrorContext *akbasic_fn_asc(akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr, akbasic_Value *lval, akbasic_Value *rval, akbasic_Value **dest)
-{
-    PREPARE_ERROR(errctx);
-    akbasic_Value *arg = NULL;
-    akbasic_Value *out = NULL;
-    const unsigned char *text = NULL;
-    int64_t codepoint = 0;
-
-    (void)lval; (void)rval;
-    PASS(errctx, first_arg(obj, expr, "ASC", NULL, &arg, &out));
-    FAIL_NONZERO_RETURN(errctx, (arg->valuetype != AKBASIC_TYPE_STRING), AKBASIC_ERR_TYPE,
-			"ASC expected a string");
-    FAIL_ZERO_RETURN(errctx, (arg->stringval[0] != '\0'), AKBASIC_ERR_BOUNDS,
-		     "ASC expected a non-empty string");
-
-    /* Decode the first UTF-8 code point, the inverse of CHR's encoder. */
-    text = (const unsigned char *)arg->stringval;
-    if ( text[0] < 0x80 ) {
-	codepoint = text[0];
-    } else if ( (text[0] & 0xE0) == 0xC0 ) {
-	codepoint = ((int64_t)(text[0] & 0x1F) << 6) |
-		    (text[1] & 0x3F);
-    } else if ( (text[0] & 0xF0) == 0xE0 ) {
-	codepoint = ((int64_t)(text[0] & 0x0F) << 12) |
-		    ((int64_t)(text[1] & 0x3F) << 6) |
-		    (text[2] & 0x3F);
-    } else {
-	codepoint = ((int64_t)(text[0] & 0x07) << 18) |
-		    ((int64_t)(text[1] & 0x3F) << 12) |
-		    ((int64_t)(text[2] & 0x3F) << 6) |
-		    (text[3] & 0x3F);
-    }
-    out->valuetype = AKBASIC_TYPE_INTEGER;
-    out->intval = codepoint;
-    *dest = out;
-    SUCCEED_RETURN(errctx);
-}
-
-akerr_ErrorContext *akbasic_fn_rnd(akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr, akbasic_Value *lval, akbasic_Value *rval, akbasic_Value **dest)
-{
-    PREPARE_ERROR(errctx);
-    akbasic_Value *arg = NULL;
-    akbasic_Value *out = NULL;
-    const int64_t modulus = 2147483648;
-
-    (void)lval; (void)rval;
-    PASS(errctx, first_arg(obj, expr, "RND", NULL, &arg, &out));
-    FAIL_NONZERO_RETURN(errctx, (arg->valuetype != AKBASIC_TYPE_INTEGER), AKBASIC_ERR_TYPE,
-			"RND expected an integer");
-    FAIL_ZERO_RETURN(errctx, (arg->intval > 0), AKBASIC_ERR_VALUE,
-		     "RND count %" PRId64 " must be positive", arg->intval);
-
-    if ( !obj->rndseeded ) {
-	obj->rndseed = obj->timems % modulus;
-	obj->rndseeded = true;
-    }
-    obj->rndseed = (obj->rndseed * 1103515245 + 12345) % modulus;
-    out->valuetype = AKBASIC_TYPE_INTEGER;
-    out->intval = (obj->rndseed / 65536) % arg->intval;
-    *dest = out;
-    SUCCEED_RETURN(errctx);
-}
-
 akerr_ErrorContext *akbasic_fn_hex(akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr, akbasic_Value *lval, akbasic_Value *rval, akbasic_Value **dest)
 {
     PREPARE_ERROR(errctx);

src/variable.c

@@ -99,18 +99,21 @@ akerr_ErrorContext *akbasic_variable_init(akbasic_Variable *obj, akbasic_ValuePo
      * the run was over, which a game loop reaches in half a minute. TODO.md
      * section 6 item 30 has the whole reduction.
      *
-     * **A `@` name is the one exclusion**, and it is the whole of it. A
+     * **A `@` name is the one exclusion**, except for a one-slot pointer
-     * structure or a pointer to one keeps pool storage because a pointer may
+     * parameter. A structure or a pointer variable keeps pool storage because
-     * outlive the scope that DIMmed it -- docs/16-structures.md says nothing is
+     * a pointer may outlive the scope that DIMmed it -- docs/16-structures.md
-     * reclaimed and akbasic_runtime_prev_environment() relies on it. The suffix
+     * says nothing is reclaimed and akbasic_runtime_prev_environment() relies
-     * is the right test rather than `structtype`, which the DIM path sets
+     * on it. A pointer parameter owns only its reference slot; the target is
+     * owned by the caller, so bind_structure_parameter() marks it before this
+     * call and lets that slot use inline storage. The suffix is the right test
+     * for every other case rather than `structtype`, which the DIM path sets
      * *after* calling this.
      *
      * Otherwise: reuse the existing slice when it is already big enough, which
      * makes a re-DIM to the same or a smaller size free; growing takes fresh
      * slots and abandons the old ones, as documented on akbasic_ValuePool.
      */
-    if ( totalsize == 1 && lastchar != '@' ) {
+    if ( totalsize == 1 && (lastchar != '@' || obj->ispointer) ) {
 	obj->values = &obj->inlinevalue;
     } else if ( obj->values == NULL || obj->valuecount < (int)totalsize ) {
 	PASS(errctx, akbasic_valuepool_take(pool, (int)totalsize, &obj->values));

src/verbs.c

@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ static const akbasic_Verb VERBS[] = {
     { "ABS",          AKBASIC_TOK_FUNCTION,              1, NULL,                  akbasic_fn_abs },
     { "AND",          AKBASIC_TOK_AND,                  -1, NULL,                  NULL },
     { "APPEND",       AKBASIC_TOK_COMMAND,              -1, akbasic_parse_arglist, akbasic_cmd_append },
-    { "ASC",          AKBASIC_TOK_FUNCTION,              1, NULL,                  akbasic_fn_asc },
     { "ATN",          AKBASIC_TOK_FUNCTION,              1, NULL,                  akbasic_fn_atn },
     { "AUTO",         AKBASIC_TOK_COMMAND_IMMEDIATE,    -1, NULL,                  akbasic_cmd_auto },
     { "BACKUP",       AKBASIC_TOK_COMMAND,              -1, akbasic_parse_optional_arglist, akbasic_cmd_backup },
@@ -147,7 +146,6 @@ static const akbasic_Verb VERBS[] = {
     { "RGR",          AKBASIC_TOK_FUNCTION,              1, NULL,                  akbasic_fn_rgr },
     { "RIGHT",        AKBASIC_TOK_FUNCTION,              2, NULL,                  akbasic_fn_right },
     { "RMENU",        AKBASIC_TOK_FUNCTION,              2, NULL,                  akbasic_fn_rmenu },
-    { "RND",          AKBASIC_TOK_FUNCTION,              1, NULL,                  akbasic_fn_rnd },
     { "RSPCOLOR",     AKBASIC_TOK_FUNCTION,              1, NULL,                  akbasic_fn_rspcolor },
     { "RSPHIT",       AKBASIC_TOK_FUNCTION,              2, NULL,                  akbasic_fn_rsphit },
     { "RSPPOS",       AKBASIC_TOK_FUNCTION,              2, NULL,                  akbasic_fn_rsppos },

src/verbs.h

@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_cmd_stop(struct akbasic_Runtime *obj,
 
 /* Function handlers -- src/runtime_functions.c */
 akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_fn_abs(struct akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr, akbasic_Value *lval, akbasic_Value *rval, akbasic_Value **dest);
-akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_fn_asc(struct akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr, akbasic_Value *lval, akbasic_Value *rval, akbasic_Value **dest);
 akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_fn_atn(struct akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr, akbasic_Value *lval, akbasic_Value *rval, akbasic_Value **dest);
 akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_fn_chr(struct akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr, akbasic_Value *lval, akbasic_Value *rval, akbasic_Value **dest);
 akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_fn_cos(struct akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr, akbasic_Value *lval, akbasic_Value *rval, akbasic_Value **dest);
@@ -155,7 +154,6 @@ akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_fn_peek(struct akbasic_Runtime *obj,
 akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_fn_pointer(struct akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr, akbasic_Value *lval, akbasic_Value *rval, akbasic_Value **dest);
 akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_fn_pointervar(struct akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr, akbasic_Value *lval, akbasic_Value *rval, akbasic_Value **dest);
 akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_fn_rad(struct akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr, akbasic_Value *lval, akbasic_Value *rval, akbasic_Value **dest);
-akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_fn_rnd(struct akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr, akbasic_Value *lval, akbasic_Value *rval, akbasic_Value **dest);
 akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_fn_right(struct akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr, akbasic_Value *lval, akbasic_Value *rval, akbasic_Value **dest);
 akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_fn_sgn(struct akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr, akbasic_Value *lval, akbasic_Value *rval, akbasic_Value **dest);
 akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akbasic_fn_shl(struct akbasic_Runtime *obj, akbasic_ASTLeaf *expr, akbasic_Value *lval, akbasic_Value *rval, akbasic_Value **dest);

tests/language/functions/asc.bas

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-10 PRINT "97 : " + ASC("a")
-20 PRINT "65 : " + ASC("A")
-30 PRINT "64 : " + ASC("@")

tests/language/functions/asc.txt

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-97 : 97
-65 : 65
-64 : 64

tests/runtime_evaluate.c

@@ -162,26 +162,6 @@ int main(void)
     expect_int("A# = INSTR(\"HELLO\", \"LL\")", 2);
     expect_int("A# = INSTR(\"HELLO\", \"ZZ\")", -1);
 
-    /* RND auto-seeds from host time and follows the documented LCG. */
-    HARNESS_RUNTIME.rndseeded = false;
-    TEST_REQUIRE_OK(akbasic_runtime_settime(&HARNESS_RUNTIME, 12345));
-    expect_int("A# = RND(6)", 0);
-    expect_int("A# = RND(6)", 4);
-    expect_int("A# = RND(6)", 1);
-    expect_int("A# = RND(6)", 0);
-    expect_int("A# = RND(6)", 1);
-    expect_int("A# = RND(1)", 0);
-    TEST_REQUIRE_STATUS(eval_line("A# = RND(0)", &out), AKBASIC_ERR_VALUE);
-    TEST_REQUIRE_STATUS(eval_line("A# = RND(-1)", &out), AKBASIC_ERR_VALUE);
-    TEST_REQUIRE_STATUS(eval_line("A# = RND(\"x\")", &out), AKBASIC_ERR_TYPE);
-
-    /* ASC is the inverse of CHR for ASCII and non-ASCII code points. */
-    expect_int("A# = ASC(CHR(97))", 97);
-    expect_int("A# = ASC(\"A\")", 65);
-    expect_int("A# = ASC(CHR(8364))", 8364);
-    TEST_REQUIRE_STATUS(eval_line("A# = ASC(\"\")", &out), AKBASIC_ERR_BOUNDS);
-    TEST_REQUIRE_STATUS(eval_line("A# = ASC(65)", &out), AKBASIC_ERR_TYPE);
-
     /* An unknown verb is diagnosed rather than silently ignored. */
     TEST_REQUIRE_OK(akbasic_environment_zero(HARNESS_RUNTIME.environment));
     TEST_REQUIRE_STATUS(akbasic_runtime_evaluate(&HARNESS_RUNTIME, NULL, &out),

tests/user_functions.c

@@ -183,6 +183,33 @@ static void test_structure_parameters(void)
     harness_stop();
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Pointer parameters do not consume value-pool slots per call.
+ *
+ * The pointer's parameter variable owns only one reference to the caller's
+ * record, so that reference can live in the variable's inline slot. The target
+ * remains in the caller's storage. One pointer parameter and 8,000 calls make
+ * one leaked slot per call fail against the 4,096-slot value pool.
+ */
+static void test_pointer_parameters_do_not_leak_value_slots(void)
+{
+    TEST_REQUIRE_OK(run_program_bounded("10 TYPE CRATE\n"
+					"20   W#\n"
+					"30 END TYPE\n"
+					"40 DIM A@ AS CRATE\n"
+					"50 DIM P@ AS PTR TO CRATE\n"
+					"60 POINT P@ AT A@\n"
+					"70 DEF POKEIT(P@ AS PTR TO CRATE)\n"
+					"80 P@->W# = P@->W# + 1\n"
+					"90 RETURN P@->W#\n"
+					"100 FOR I# = 1 TO 8000\n"
+					"110 R# = POKEIT(P@)\n"
+					"120 NEXT I#\n"
+					"130 PRINT A@.W#\n", 1000000));
+    TEST_REQUIRE_STR(HARNESS_OUTPUT, "8000\n");
+    harness_stop();
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief A structure parameter must name its type, and the type is checked.
  *
@@ -454,6 +481,7 @@ int main(void)
     test_runaway_recursion_is_diagnosed();
     test_single_expression_form();
     test_structure_parameters();
+    test_pointer_parameters_do_not_leak_value_slots();
     test_structure_parameter_types_are_checked();
     test_call_scopes_are_reclaimed();
     test_calls_do_not_leak_value_slots();