il: add static slice allocation example

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/il.ha b/cmd/il.ha
index fc5bd40..afc1ee5 100644
--- a/cmd/il.ha
+++ b/cmd/il.ha
@@ -10,11 +10,26 @@ use io;
 export fn main() void = {
 	const scanner = bufio::newscanner(os::stdin);
 	defer bufio::finish(&scanner);
+
 	let items: []str = [];
 	for (let line: const str => bufio::scan_line(&scanner)!) {
 		append(items, strings::dup(line));
 	};
 	defer strings::freeall(items);
+
+	// static slice allocation
+	//let buf: [1024]str = [""...];
+	//let items = buf[..0];
+	//for (let line: const str => bufio::scan_line(&scanner)!) {
+	//	match (static append(items, strings::dup(line))) {
+	//	case void =>
+	//		void;
+	//	case nomem =>
+	//		fmt::fatal("Error: too many items");
+	//	};
+	//};
+	//defer for (let s .. items) free(s);
+
 	const state = tui::init()!;
 	defer tui::finish(&state);
 	let li = list::newscrolllist(