commit da3a5e5275ac7f8b7cc108744e0468f16ba4cdc6
Author: William Ball <wball@ballcloud.cc>
Date:   Mon Mar 16 22:20:18 2026 -0400

    done with chapter one

diff --git a/chunk/chunk.ha b/chunk/chunk.ha
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+use value;
+use log;
+
+export type opcode = enum u8 {
+	RETURN,
+	CONSTANT,
+	CONSTANT_LONG,
+};
+
+export type line_code = struct {
+	line: size,
+	num: size,
+};
+
+export type chunk = struct {
+	code: []u8,
+	constants: []value::value,
+	lines: []line_code,
+};
+
+export fn new_chunk() chunk = {
+	return chunk {
+		code = [],
+		constants = [],
+		lines = [],
+	};
+};
+
+export fn get_line(this_chunk: *chunk, idx: size) size = {
+	let total = 0z;
+	for (let line .. this_chunk.lines) {
+		total += line.num;
+		if (total >= idx) {
+			return line.line;
+		};
+	};
+	log::fatalf("{} out of bounds", idx);
+};
+
+export fn write_chunk(this_chunk: *chunk, byte: u8, line: size) void = {
+	append(this_chunk.code, byte)!;
+	const num_lines = len(this_chunk.lines);
+	if (num_lines == 0 ||
+		line != this_chunk.lines[num_lines - 1].line)
+	{
+		append(this_chunk.lines, line_code {
+			line = line,
+			num = 1,
+		})!;
+	} else {
+		this_chunk.lines[num_lines - 1].num += 1;
+	};
+};
+
+export fn add_constant(this_chunk: *chunk, value: value::value) size = {
+	append(this_chunk.constants, value)!;
+	return len(this_chunk.constants) - 1;
+};
+
+export fn write_constant(this_chunk: *chunk, value: value::value, line: size) void = {
+	const constant = add_constant(this_chunk, value);
+	if (constant <= 1 << 8) {
+		write_chunk(this_chunk, opcode::CONSTANT, line);
+		write_chunk(this_chunk, constant : u8, line);
+	} else if (constant <= 1 << 24) {
+		write_chunk(this_chunk, opcode::CONSTANT_LONG, line);
+		write_chunk(this_chunk, (constant & 0xFF) : u8, line);
+		write_chunk(this_chunk, ((constant >> 8) & 0xFF) : u8, line);
+		write_chunk(this_chunk, ((constant >> 16) & 0xFF) : u8, line);
+	} else {
+		log::fatalf("Maximum of {} constants surpassed!", 1 << 24);
+	};
+};
+
+export fn free_chunk(this_chunk: *chunk) void = {
+	free(this_chunk.code);
+	free(this_chunk.constants);
+	free(this_chunk.lines);
+};
diff --git a/debug/debug.ha b/debug/debug.ha
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+use chunk;
+use fmt;
+use value;
+
+export fn disassemble_chunk(chunk: *chunk::chunk, name: str) void = {
+	fmt::printf("== {} ==\n", name)!;
+	for (let idx = 0z; idx < len(chunk.code)) {
+		idx = dissassemble_instruction(chunk, idx);
+	};
+};
+
+export fn dissassemble_instruction(chunk: *chunk::chunk, idx: size) size = {
+	fmt::printf("{:4_0} ", idx)!;
+	const line = chunk::get_line(chunk, idx);
+	if (idx > 0 && line == chunk::get_line(chunk, idx - 1)) {
+		fmt::print("   | ")!;
+	} else {
+		fmt::printf("{:4} ", line)!;
+	};
+	let instruction = chunk.code[idx];
+	switch (instruction) {
+	case chunk::opcode::RETURN => 
+		return simple_instruction("RETURN", idx);
+	case chunk::opcode::CONSTANT =>
+		return constant_instruction("CONSTANT", chunk, idx);
+	case chunk::opcode::CONSTANT_LONG =>
+		return long_constant_instruction("CONSTANT_LONG", chunk, idx);
+	case =>
+		fmt::printf("Unknown opcode: {}\n", instruction)!;
+		return idx + 1;
+	};
+};
+
+fn simple_instruction(name: str, idx: size) size = {
+	fmt::printf("{}\n", name)!;
+	return idx + 1;
+};
+
+fn constant_instruction(name: str, chunk: *chunk::chunk, idx: size) size = {
+	const constant = chunk.code[idx + 1];
+	fmt::printf("{:-16} {:4} '", name, constant)!;
+	value::print_value(chunk.constants[constant]);
+	fmt::print("'\n")!;
+	return idx + 2;
+};
+
+fn long_constant_instruction(name: str, chunk: *chunk::chunk, idx: size) size = {
+	const constant1: size = chunk.code[idx + 1];
+	const constant2: size = chunk.code[idx + 2];
+	const constant3: size = chunk.code[idx + 3];
+	const constant = (constant3 << 16) + (constant2 << 8) + constant1;
+
+	fmt::printf("{:-16} {} '", name, constant)!;
+	value::print_value(chunk.constants[constant]);
+	fmt::print("'\n")!;
+	return idx + 4;
+};
diff --git a/hlox b/hlox
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diff --git a/main.ha b/main.ha
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+use chunk;
+use debug;
+use fmt;
+use os;
+
+export fn main() void = {
+	let chunk = chunk::new_chunk();
+	defer chunk::free_chunk(&chunk);
+
+	chunk::write_constant(&chunk, 1.2, 123);
+	chunk::write_chunk(&chunk, chunk::opcode::RETURN, 123);
+
+	debug::disassemble_chunk(&chunk, "test chunk");
+
+	os::exit(0);
+};
diff --git a/value/value.ha b/value/value.ha
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+use fmt;
+
+export type value = f64;
+
+export fn print_value(val: value) void = {
+	fmt::printf("{}", val)!;
+};