From 4dd4b8ff7e06c20ec43c11cfbb3dded83d902535 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Richmond <kredati@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:44:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] pseudocode splatted dict algo

---
 src/compiler.rs | 5 +++++
 src/main.rs     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/compiler.rs b/src/compiler.rs
index e089273..9c95112 100644
--- a/src/compiler.rs
+++ b/src/compiler.rs
@@ -848,6 +848,11 @@ impl<'a> Compiler<'a> {
                 self.match_depth = match_depth + members.len();
             }
             DictPattern(pairs) => {
+                // here's an algorithm for dealing with splatted dicts
+                // check len to see it's at least as long as the pattern
+                // then, match against all the values
+                // then push the dict itself as last value
+                // and then emit an opcode and constant/keyword to OMIT that key from the dict
                 self.emit_op(Op::MatchDict);
                 self.emit_byte(pairs.len());
                 let before_load_dict_idx = self.stub_jump(Op::JumpIfNoMatch);
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c63518a..b5eb6b6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ pub fn run(src: &'static str) {
 pub fn main() {
     env::set_var("RUST_BACKTRACE", "1");
     let src = "
-let (...y) = (1, 2)    
+let (...y) = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)    
 y
 ";
     run(src);