bool VariableDeclarationNode::parseVariable(Parser& parser, VariableDeclarationNode& node, bool global) {
// Here's the form of a variable declaration:
// (<type>) var (= <expression>)\n
// TODO: this is fairly messy
node._name = parser.parseTypeIdentifierPair(node._declaredType);
if (node._name.size() == 0) {
return false;
}
node._declaredType.setLabel(node._name);
if (parser.helper()->nextIf(Token::Type::OperatorAssign)) {
node._initializerExpression = parser.parseExpression();
}
node._variable = new Variable();
if (global) {
// apply the namespace here
QualifiedName qualifiedName = parser.context()->scope()->fullNamespace();
qualifiedName.setName(node.name());
node._variable->name = qualifiedName;
} else {
node._variable->name.setName(node.name());
}
node._variable->type = node.dataType();
node._variable->global = global;
// make this variable scoped *only* if it is not global
return parser.context()->defineVariable(node._variable, global == false);
}
