Just realized point { x = 1 } was ambiguous, could be record update or function application. changed record update syntax to: point.{ x = 1 }. And starting on ui components

src/main.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { builtins } from './builtins';
 
 import counterApp from './counter.cg?raw';
 import stdlibCode from './stdlib.cg?raw';
+import uiComponentsCode from './ui-components.cg?raw';
 import textInputCode from './textinput-test.cg?raw';
 import testCode from './test.cg?raw';
 
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ canvas.width = 800;
 canvas.height = 600;
 document.body.appendChild(canvas);
 
-const cgCode = stdlibCode + '\n' + textInputCode;
+const cgCode = stdlibCode + '\n' + uiComponentsCode + '\n' + textInputCode;
 
 const tokens = tokenize(cgCode);
 const parser = new Parser(tokens);

src/parser.ts

@@ -319,17 +319,9 @@ export class Parser {
 
         while (true) {
             if (this.current().kind === 'dot') {
-                // Record access
                 this.advance();
-                const fieldToken = this.expect('ident');
+
-                const field = (fieldToken as { value: string }).value;
+                if (this.current().kind === 'open-brace') {
-                expr = { kind: 'record-access', record: expr, field };
-            } else if (this.current().kind === 'open-brace') {
-                if (expr.kind === 'constructor') {
-                    // Constructor application
-                    const record = this.parsePrimary();
-                    expr = { kind: 'apply', func: expr, args: [record] };
-                } else {
                     // Record update
                     this.advance();
                     const updates: { [key: string]: AST } = {};
@@ -349,7 +341,21 @@ export class Parser {
 
                     this.expect('close-brace');
                     expr = { kind: 'record-update', record: expr, updates }
+
+                } else {
+                    // Record access
+                    const fieldToken = this.expect('ident');
+                    const field = (fieldToken as { value: string }).value;
+                    expr = { kind: 'record-access', record: expr, field };
                 }
+            } else if (this.current().kind === 'open-brace') {
+                // if (expr.kind === 'constructor') {
+                    // Function / constructor application
+                    const record = this.parsePrimary();
+                    expr = { kind: 'apply', func: expr, args: [record] };
+                // } else {
+                //     break;
+                // }
             } else {
                 break;
             }

src/runtime.ts

@@ -16,8 +16,17 @@ export function runApp(app: App, canvas: HTMLCanvasElement) {
         if (app.view.kind !== 'closure')
             throw new Error('view must be a function');
 
+        const viewport = {
+            kind: 'record',
+            fields: {
+                width: { kind: 'int', value: canvas.width },
+                height: { kind: 'int', value: canvas.height }
+            }
+        };
+
         const callEnv = new Map(app.view.env);
         callEnv.set(app.view.params[0], state);
+        callEnv.set(app.view.params[1], viewport);
         const uiValue = evaluate(app.view.body, callEnv);
         const ui = valueToUI(uiValue);
 

src/textinput-test.cg

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 init = { text = "" };
 
 update = state event \ event
-  | UpdateText newText \ state { text = newText }
+  | UpdateText newText \ state.{ text = newText }
-  | Submit _ \ state { text = "" };
+  | Submit _ \ state.{ text = "" };
+  # | _ \ state;
 
-view = state \
+view = state viewport \
   Column {
     gap = 20,
     children = [
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ view = state \
             onInput = UpdateText,
             onSubmit = Submit
           }
+          # button ({ label = "Go", event = Go })
         ]
       }
     ]