implement char handling

src/error.rs

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ pub enum EvalError<'tcx> {
     ExecuteMemory,
     ArrayIndexOutOfBounds(Span, u64, u64),
     Math(Span, ConstMathErr),
+    InvalidChar(u32),
 }
 
 pub type EvalResult<'tcx, T> = Result<T, EvalError<'tcx>>;
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ impl<'tcx> Error for EvalError<'tcx> {
                 "array index out of bounds",
             EvalError::Math(..) =>
                 "mathematical operation failed",
+            EvalError::InvalidChar(..) =>
+                "tried to interpret an invalid 32-bit value as a char",
         }
     }
 
@@ -85,6 +88,8 @@ impl<'tcx> fmt::Display for EvalError<'tcx> {
                 write!(f, "array index {} out of bounds {} at {:?}", index, len, span),
             EvalError::Math(span, ref err) =>
                 write!(f, "mathematical operation at {:?} failed with {:?}", span, err),
+            EvalError::InvalidChar(c) =>
+                write!(f, "invalid utf8 character: {}", c),
             _ => write!(f, "{}", self.description()),
         }
     }

src/interpreter/mod.rs

@@ -208,7 +208,11 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EvalContext<'a, 'tcx> {
                 self.memory.write_bool(ptr, b)?;
                 Ok(ptr)
             }
-            Char(_c)          => unimplemented!(),
+            Char(c) => {
+                let ptr = self.memory.allocate(4);
+                self.memory.write_uint(ptr, c as u32 as u64, 4)?;
+                Ok(ptr)
+            },
             Struct(_node_id)  => unimplemented!(),
             Tuple(_node_id)   => unimplemented!(),
             Function(_def_id) => unimplemented!(),
@@ -1371,6 +1375,13 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EvalContext<'a, 'tcx> {
         use syntax::ast::{IntTy, UintTy};
         let val = match (self.memory.pointer_size, &ty.sty) {
             (_, &ty::TyBool)              => PrimVal::Bool(self.memory.read_bool(ptr)?),
+            (_, &ty::TyChar)              => {
+                let c = self.memory.read_uint(ptr, 4)? as u32;
+                match ::std::char::from_u32(c) {
+                    Some(ch) => PrimVal::Char(ch),
+                    None => return Err(EvalError::InvalidChar(c)),
+                }
+            }
             (_, &ty::TyInt(IntTy::I8))    => PrimVal::I8(self.memory.read_int(ptr, 1)? as i8),
             (2, &ty::TyInt(IntTy::Is)) |
             (_, &ty::TyInt(IntTy::I16))   => PrimVal::I16(self.memory.read_int(ptr, 2)? as i16),

src/memory.rs

@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ impl<'tcx> Memory<'tcx> {
             PrimVal::U16(n)  => self.write_uint(ptr, n as u64, 2),
             PrimVal::U32(n)  => self.write_uint(ptr, n as u64, 4),
             PrimVal::U64(n)  => self.write_uint(ptr, n as u64, 8),
+            PrimVal::Char(c) => self.write_uint(ptr, c as u32 as u64, 4),
             PrimVal::IntegerPtr(n) => self.write_uint(ptr, n as u64, pointer_size),
             PrimVal::FnPtr(_p) |
             PrimVal::AbstractPtr(_p) => unimplemented!(),

src/primval.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub enum PrimVal {
     AbstractPtr(Pointer),
     FnPtr(Pointer),
     IntegerPtr(u64),
+    Char(char),
 }
 
 /// returns the result of the operation and whether the operation overflowed
@@ -127,6 +128,15 @@ pub fn binary_op<'tcx>(bin_op: mir::BinOp, left: PrimVal, right: PrimVal) -> Eva
         (U16(l), U16(r)) => int_binops!(U16, l, r),
         (U32(l), U32(r)) => int_binops!(U32, l, r),
         (U64(l), U64(r)) => int_binops!(U64, l, r),
+        (Char(l), Char(r)) => match bin_op {
+            Eq => Bool(l == r),
+            Ne => Bool(l != r),
+            Lt => Bool(l < r),
+            Le => Bool(l <= r),
+            Gt => Bool(l > r),
+            Ge => Bool(l >= r),
+            _ => panic!("invalid char op: {:?}", bin_op),
+        },
 
         (Bool(l), Bool(r)) => {
             Bool(match bin_op {

tests/compile-fail/option_eq.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//error-pattern: can't handle cast: tmp0 as isize (Misc)
+// no-ignore-x86 ignore-x86_64
+fn main() {
+    assert_eq!(std::char::from_u32('x' as u32), Some('x'));
+}

tests/run-pass/char.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+fn main() {
+    let c = 'x';
+    assert_eq!(c, 'x');
+    assert!('a' < 'z');
+    assert!('1' < '9');
+    assert_eq!(std::char::from_u32('x' as u32).unwrap(), 'x');
+    // FIXME:
+    // assert_eq!(std::char::from_u32('x' as u32), Some('x'));
+}