examples/hello_world.reid

@@ -3,20 +3,14 @@ import std::from_str;
 import std::add_char;
 import std::set_char;
 import std::free_string;
-import std::new_string;
 import std::add_num_to_str;
-import std::concat_strings;
 
 fn main() -> i32 {
-    let mut test = from_str("hello");
-    let mut other = from_str(" world");
-
-    concat_strings(&mut test, &other);
+    let mut test = from_str("hello world");
 
     add_char(&mut test, '!');
-    add_char(&mut test, '\n');
-
-    add_num_to_str(&mut test, 175);
+    set_char(&mut test, 'B', 0);
+    add_num_to_str(&mut test, 1234);
     
     print(&test);
 

examples/loops.reid

@@ -2,15 +2,11 @@
 
 import std::print;
 import std::from_str;
-import std::add_num_to_str;
-import std::free_string;
 
 fn main() -> u32 {
-  for i in 0 .. 15 {
-    let mut text = from_str("num: ");
-    add_num_to_str(&mut text, i);
-    print(&text);
-    free_string(&mut text);
+  let text = from_str("hello");
+  for i in 0 .. 10 {
+    print(&text)
   }
 
   let mut num = 0;

reid/lib/std.reid

@@ -38,22 +38,21 @@ pub fn new_string() -> String {
 }
 
 pub fn from_str(str: *char) -> String {
-    let length = str_length(str);
-    let mut new = new_string();
-    let static = String {
-        inner: str,
-        length: length - 1,
+    let length = str_length(str, 0);
+    let cloned = malloc(length as u64) as *char;
+    copy_bits(str, cloned, 0, length as u64);
+    return String {
+        inner: cloned,
+        length: length,
         max_length: length,
         must_be_freed: false,
     };
-    concat_strings(&mut new, &static);
-    return new;
 }
 
 pub fn add_char(string: &mut String, c: char) {
     if ((*string).length + 1) >= (*string).max_length {
         let new = allocate((*string).max_length + 4) as *char;
-        copy_bits((*string).inner, new, (*string).max_length);
+        copy_bits((*string).inner, new, 0, (*string).max_length);
 
         if (*string).must_be_freed == true {
             free((*string).inner as *u8);
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ pub fn add_char(string: &mut String, c: char) {
     }
 
     (*string).inner[(*string).length] = c;
-    (((*string).inner) as *u8)[(*string).length + 1] = 0;
+    (((*string).inner) as *u8)[((*string).length + 1)] = 0;
     (*string).length = (*string).length + 1;
 }
 
@@ -78,22 +77,23 @@ pub fn free_string(string: &mut String) {
     free((*string).inner as *u8);
 }
 
-fn copy_bits(from: *char, to: *char, length: u64) {
-    for i in 0 .. length {
-        to[i] = from[i];
+fn copy_bits(from: *char, to: *char, pos: u64, max: u64) -> u8 {
+    if (pos >= max) {
+        return 0;
     }
+    to[pos] = from[pos];
+    return copy_bits(from, to, pos + 1, max);
 }
 
-fn str_length(string: *char) -> u32 {
-    let mut pos = 0;
-    while ((string[pos] == '\0') == false) {
-        pos = pos + 1;
+fn str_length(string: *char, position: u32) -> u32 {
+    if (string[position] == '\0') {
+        return 0;
     }
-    return pos + 1;
+    return str_length(string, position + 1) + 1;
 }
 
 pub fn add_num_to_str(string: &mut String, num: u64) {
-    if num >= 10 {
+    if num > 10 {
         add_num_to_str(string, num / 10)
     }
     let rem = num % 10;
@@ -125,10 +125,4 @@ pub fn abs(f: f32) -> f32 {
         return f * (0.0 - 1.0);
     }
     return f;
-}
-
-pub fn concat_strings(destination: &mut String, source: &String) {
-    for i in 0 .. (str_length((*source).inner) - 1) {
-        add_char(destination, (*source).inner[i]);
-    }
-}
+}

reid/src/ast/process.rs

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ impl ast::Block {
                         counter_range.as_meta(module_id),
                     );
                     let mut block = block.into_mir(module_id);
-                    block.statements.push(set_new);
+                    block.statements.insert(0, set_new);
                     (
                         StmtKind::While(WhileStatement {
                             condition: mir::Expression(