.field expressions

src/kiss/Kiss.hx

@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ class Kiss {
                 ]).withMacroPosOf(exp);
             case RawHaxe(code):
                 Context.parse(code, exp.macroPos());
+            case FieldExp(field, innerExp):
+                EField(convert(innerExp), field).withMacroPosOf(exp);
             default:
                 throw CompileError.fromExp(exp, 'conversion not implemented');
         };

src/kiss/Reader.hx

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ enum ReaderExpDef {
     RawHaxe(code:String); // #| haxeCode() |#
     TypedExp(path:String, exp:ReaderExp); // :type [exp]
     MetaExp(meta:String, exp:ReaderExp); // &meta [exp]
+    FieldExp(field:String, exp:ReaderExp); // .field [exp]
 }
 
 typedef ReadFunction = (Stream) -> Null<ReaderExpDef>;
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@ class Reader {
         // Helpful for defining predicates to pass to Haxe functions:
         readTable["?"] = (stream:Stream) -> CallExp(Symbol("Prelude.truthy").withPos(stream.position()), [assertRead(stream, readTable)]);
 
+        // Lets you dot-access a function result without binding it to a name
+        readTable["."] = (stream:Stream) -> FieldExp(nextToken(stream, "a field name"), assertRead(stream, readTable));
+
         // Because macro keys are sorted by length and peekChars(0) returns "", this will be used as the default reader macro:
         readTable[""] = (stream) -> Symbol(nextToken(stream, "a symbol name"));
 
@@ -166,6 +170,8 @@ class Reader {
             case MetaExp(meta, exp):
                 // &meta
                 '&$meta ${exp.def.toString()}';
+            case FieldExp(field, exp):
+                '.$field ${exp.def.toString()}';
         }
     }
 }

src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.hx

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import utest.Assert;
 import kiss.Prelude;
 import kiss.List;
 
+using StringTools;
+
 @:build(kiss.Kiss.build("src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss"))
 class BasicTestCase extends Test {
     function testStaticVar() {
@@ -226,4 +228,8 @@ class BasicTestCase extends Test {
         Assert.equals("aboop", myCombined2);
         Assert.equals("ab", myCombined3);
     }
+
+    function testFieldExps() {
+        _testFieldExps();
+    }
 }

src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss

@@ -259,3 +259,7 @@
 (defvar myCombined1 (myCombinedOptRest "a" "b" "c" "d"))
 (defvar myCombined2 (myCombinedOptRest "a"))
 (defvar myCombined3 (myCombinedOptRest "a" "b"))
+
+(defun _testFieldExps []
+    (Assert.equals "hey" (.trim "  hey "))
+    (Assert.equals "e" (.charAt (.trim "  hey ") 1)))