src/Example.hs

@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ exampleNameResolutionAssignment = Block [
 exampleCharIntOperation :: Expression
 exampleCharIntOperation = BinaryOperation Addition (CharacterLiteral 'a') (IntegerLiteral 1)
 
+exampleNullDeclaration :: Statement
+exampleNullDeclaration = LocalVariableDeclaration (VariableDeclaration "Person" "bob" (Just NullLiteral))
+
+exampleNullDeclarationFail :: Statement
+exampleNullDeclarationFail = LocalVariableDeclaration (VariableDeclaration "int" "a" (Just NullLiteral))
+
+exampleNullAssignment :: Statement
+exampleNullAssignment = StatementExpressionStatement (Assignment (Reference "a") NullLiteral)
+
 testClasses :: [Class]
 testClasses = [
     Class "Person" [
@@ -226,3 +235,23 @@ runTypeCheck = do
         printResult "Result Char Int Operation:" evaluatedCharIntOperation
         ) handleError
 
+    catch (do
+        print "====================================================================================="
+        evaluatedNullDeclaration <- evaluate (typeCheckStatement exampleNullDeclaration [] sampleClasses)
+        printSuccess "Type checking of null declaration completed successfully"
+        printResult "Result Null Declaration:" evaluatedNullDeclaration
+        ) handleError
+
+    catch (do
+        print "====================================================================================="
+        evaluatedNullDeclarationFail <- evaluate (typeCheckStatement exampleNullDeclarationFail [] sampleClasses)
+        printSuccess "Type checking of null declaration failed"
+        printResult "Result Null Declaration:" evaluatedNullDeclarationFail
+        ) handleError
+
+    catch (do
+        print "====================================================================================="
+        evaluatedNullAssignment <- evaluate (typeCheckStatement exampleNullAssignment [("a", "Person")] sampleClasses)
+        printSuccess "Type checking of null assignment completed successfully"
+        printResult "Result Null Assignment:" evaluatedNullAssignment
+        ) handleError

src/Typecheck.hs

@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ typeCheckStatementExpression (Assignment ref expr) symtab classes =
       type' = getTypeFromExpr expr'
       type'' = getTypeFromExpr ref'
   in
-      if type'' == type' then
-        TypedStatementExpression type' (Assignment ref' expr')
+    if type'' == type' || (type' == "null" && isObjectType type'') then
+      TypedStatementExpression type'' (Assignment ref' expr')
     else
       error $ "Type mismatch in assignment to variable: expected " ++ type'' ++ ", found " ++ type'
 
@@ -226,8 +226,12 @@ typeCheckStatement (LocalVariableDeclaration (VariableDeclaration dataType ident
         let checkedExpr = fmap (\expr -> typeCheckExpression expr symtab classes) maybeExpr
             exprType = fmap getTypeFromExpr checkedExpr
         in case exprType of
-            Just t | t /= dataType -> error $ "Type mismatch in declaration of '" ++ identifier ++ "': expected " ++ dataType ++ ", found " ++ t
-            _ -> TypedStatement dataType (LocalVariableDeclaration (VariableDeclaration dataType identifier checkedExpr))
+            Just t
+                | t == "null" && isObjectType dataType -> 
+                    TypedStatement dataType (LocalVariableDeclaration (VariableDeclaration dataType identifier checkedExpr))
+                | t /= dataType -> error $ "Type mismatch in declaration of '" ++ identifier ++ "': expected " ++ dataType ++ ", found " ++ t
+                | otherwise -> TypedStatement dataType (LocalVariableDeclaration (VariableDeclaration dataType identifier checkedExpr))
+            Nothing -> TypedStatement dataType (LocalVariableDeclaration (VariableDeclaration dataType identifier checkedExpr))
 
 typeCheckStatement (While cond stmt) symtab classes =
   let cond' = typeCheckExpression cond symtab classes
@@ -278,6 +282,9 @@ typeCheckStatement (StatementExpressionStatement stmtExpr) symtab classes =
 
 -- ********************************** Type Checking: Helpers **********************************
 
+isObjectType :: DataType -> Bool
+isObjectType dt = dt /= "int" && dt /= "boolean" && dt /= "char"
+
 getTypeFromExpr :: Expression -> DataType
 getTypeFromExpr (TypedExpression t _) = t
 getTypeFromExpr _ = error "Untyped expression found where typed was expected"