From 1d24570f1bb5455c69ec9857cbf55a6733ab3833 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andre Wagner <WagnerAndre@JohnDeere.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 15:25:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] .

---
 doc/OPCODES            |  5 +++--
 src/assembler/lexer.cc |  4 +++-
 src/assembler/tests.cc |  2 +-
 src/vm/instruction.cc  | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
 src/vm/instruction.hh  | 27 +++++++++++++++------------
 src/vm/tests.cc        | 13 +++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/OPCODES b/doc/OPCODES
index 06676fb..764758b 100644
--- a/doc/OPCODES
+++ b/doc/OPCODES
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ Stack operations:
 05              dup
 
 Local variables:
-   a3  c3 e3    setl [int]           Set stack top as indexed local variable
-   a4  c4 e4    getl [int]           Get indexed local variable and place on stack
+   a3  c3 e3    pushv [int]          Push n nil values into the stack (used to init local vars)
+   ab  cb eb    set [index]          Set value in stack position (set local variable)
+   a4  c4 e4    dupv [index]         Duplicate stack value (load local variable)
    a5  c5 e5    setg [int]           Set global variable
    a6  c6 e6    getg [int]           Get global variable
 
diff --git a/src/assembler/lexer.cc b/src/assembler/lexer.cc
index 03b3836..ab10cf2 100644
--- a/src/assembler/lexer.cc
+++ b/src/assembler/lexer.cc
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ void Lexer::ingest_next_token()
     } else if (c == ':') {
         type = TokenType::Colon;
         ++pos_;
-    } else if (c == '\n') {
+    } else if (c == '\n' || c == ';') {
+        while (pos_ < source_.size() && source_.at(pos_) != '\n')
+            ++pos_;
         type = TokenType::Enter;
         value = "\n";
         ++pos_;
diff --git a/src/assembler/tests.cc b/src/assembler/tests.cc
index 06b446a..d897b8a 100644
--- a/src/assembler/tests.cc
+++ b/src/assembler/tests.cc
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ TEST(Assember, Assembler)
     1: "Hello world"
 
 .func 0
-    pushi   2
+    pushi   2   ; this is a comment
     pushi   3
     sum
     ret
diff --git a/src/vm/instruction.cc b/src/vm/instruction.cc
index 90fa77a..b246919 100644
--- a/src/vm/instruction.cc
+++ b/src/vm/instruction.cc
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ const std::unordered_map<std::string, Instruction> instruction_names = {
     { "newt",  Instruction::NewTable },
     { "pop",   Instruction::Pop },
     { "dup",   Instruction::Duplicate },
-    { "setl",  Instruction::SetLocal8 },
-    { "getl",  Instruction::GetLocal8 },
+    { "pushv", Instruction::PushValues8 },
+    { "set",   Instruction::SetValue8 },
+    { "dupv",  Instruction::DuplicateValue8 },
     { "setg",  Instruction::SetGlobal8 },
     { "getl",  Instruction::GetGlobal8 },
     { "call8", Instruction::Call8 },
@@ -88,15 +89,20 @@ std::pair<std::string, size_t> debug_instruction(Instruction inst, int oper)
         case Instruction::NewTable:         out = "newt"; break;
         case Instruction::Pop:              out = "pop"; break;
         case Instruction::Duplicate:        out = "dup"; break;
-        case Instruction::SetLocal8:
-        case Instruction::SetLocal16:
-        case Instruction::SetLocal32:
-            out = "setl";
+        case Instruction::PushValues8:
+        case Instruction::PushValues16:
+        case Instruction::PushValues32:
+            out = "pushv";
             break;
-        case Instruction::GetLocal8:
-        case Instruction::GetLocal16:
-        case Instruction::GetLocal32:
-            out = "getl";
+        case Instruction::SetValue8:
+        case Instruction::SetValue16:
+        case Instruction::SetValue32:
+            out = "set";
+            break;
+        case Instruction::DuplicateValue8:
+        case Instruction::DuplicateValue16:
+        case Instruction::DuplicateValue32:
+            out = "dupv";
             break;
         case Instruction::SetGlobal8:
         case Instruction::SetGlobal16:
diff --git a/src/vm/instruction.hh b/src/vm/instruction.hh
index 78023ad..f53bc2e 100644
--- a/src/vm/instruction.hh
+++ b/src/vm/instruction.hh
@@ -32,18 +32,21 @@ enum class Instruction : uint8_t {
     Duplicate       = 0x05,
 
     // local variables
-    SetLocal8       = 0xa3,
-    SetLocal16      = 0xc3,
-    SetLocal32      = 0xe3,
-    GetLocal8       = 0xa4,
-    GetLocal16      = 0xc4,
-    GetLocal32      = 0xe4,
-    SetGlobal8      = 0xa5,
-    SetGlobal16     = 0xc5,
-    SetGlobal32     = 0xe5,
-    GetGlobal8      = 0xa6,
-    GetGlobal16     = 0xc6,
-    GetGlobal32     = 0xe6,
+    PushValues8         = 0xa3,
+    PushValues16        = 0xc3,
+    PushValues32        = 0xe3,
+    SetValue8           = 0xab,
+    SetValue16          = 0xcb,
+    SetValue32          = 0xeb,
+    DuplicateValue8     = 0xa4,
+    DuplicateValue16    = 0xc4,
+    DuplicateValue32    = 0xe4,
+    SetGlobal8          = 0xa5,
+    SetGlobal16         = 0xc5,
+    SetGlobal32         = 0xe5,
+    GetGlobal8          = 0xa6,
+    GetGlobal16         = 0xc6,
+    GetGlobal32         = 0xe6,
 
     // function operations
     Call8           = 0xa7,
diff --git a/src/vm/tests.cc b/src/vm/tests.cc
index b147cc7..8ef8dd7 100644
--- a/src/vm/tests.cc
+++ b/src/vm/tests.cc
@@ -268,6 +268,19 @@ TEST(VM, StringString)
     )").to_integer(-1), 0);
 }
 
+TEST(VM, LocalVariables)
+{
+    /*
+    ASSERT_EQ(run(R"(
+        .func 0
+            pushv 2
+            pushi 3
+            setv  0
+            pushi
+    )").to_integer(-1), 4);
+    */
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
     testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);