From 022ab6cfef2f936db7b6adf1a82a4ac8564b6eea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: herbglitch <bighebe@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 19:58:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] partial parserlang stup

---
 include/arc/std/lexer.h | 13 +++++++++++++
 src/std/lexer.c         |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/arc/std/lexer.h b/include/arc/std/lexer.h
index 15ec6b4..86c5f86 100644
--- a/include/arc/std/lexer.h
+++ b/include/arc/std/lexer.h
@@ -194,6 +194,19 @@ uint32_t ARC_Lexer_AutomataMatchCharInStringFn(ARC_String **tokenData, ARC_Strin
 */
 ARC_LexerTokenRule ARC_LexerTokenRule_CreateAndReturnMatchCharRule(uint32_t id, char character);
 
+/**
+ * @brief creates a ARC_LexerTokenRule with a given id and character range
+ *
+ * @note this is intended as a helper funtion
+ *
+ * @param[in] id    a tokens id (basically the token value)
+ * @param[in] start the minimum character value to match against
+ * @param[in] end   the maxamum character value to match against
+ *
+ * @return a token rule based in the id and character
+*/
+ARC_LexerTokenRule ARC_LexerTokenRule_CreateAndReturnMatchCharOrBetween(uint32_t id, char start, char end);
+
 /**
  * @brief creates a ARC_LexerTokenRule with a given id and string
  *
diff --git a/src/std/lexer.c b/src/std/lexer.c
index 77203f7..e2f48d8 100644
--- a/src/std/lexer.c
+++ b/src/std/lexer.c
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ void ARC_Lexer_RegisterTokenRule(ARC_Lexer *lexer, ARC_LexerTokenRule tokenRule)
     ARC_LexerTokenRule *storedTokenRule = (ARC_LexerTokenRule *)malloc(sizeof(ARC_LexerTokenRule));
     *storedTokenRule = tokenRule;
 
+    //TODO: add warning here for if arc_errno is already set
+
     //add to the vector and check for error (I'd be surprised if the error ever happened because that would most likely mean overflow)
     ARC_Vector_Add(lexer->tokenRules, storedTokenRule);
     if(arc_errno){