Utils

- Added a method which will replace the `.`s in a symbol with underscores

Instruction

- The symbol names need to be valid in C so let's just make it a rule they will only have _'s (underscores) to replace any characters like `.`s

source/tlang/compiler/codegen/instruction.d

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module compiler.codegen.instruction;
 import std.conv : to;
 import compiler.typecheck.dependency.core : Context;
 import std.string : cmp;
+import misc.utils : symbolRename;
 
 public class Instruction
 {
@@ -99,7 +100,13 @@ public final class VariableDeclaration : StorageDeclaration
         auto typedEntityVariable = context.tc.getResolver().resolveBest(context.getContainer(), varName); //TODO: Remove `auto`
         string typedEntityVariableName = context.tc.getResolver().generateName(context.getContainer(), typedEntityVariable);
 
-        return varType~" "~typedEntityVariableName~";";
+        //NOTE: We should remove all dots from generated symbol names as it won't be valid C (I don't want to say C because
+        // a custom CodeEmitter should be allowed, so let's call it a general rule)
+        //
+        //simple_variables.x -> simple_variables_x
+        string renamedSymbol = symbolRename(typedEntityVariableName);
+
+        return varType~" "~renamedSymbol~";";
     }
 }
 

source/tlang/misc/utils.d

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module misc.utils;
 
 import std.string : cmp;
+import std.array : replace;
 
 public bool isPresent(string[] arr, string t)
 {
@@ -29,4 +30,20 @@ public bool isCharacterAlpha(char character)
 public bool isCharacterNumber(char character)
 {
     return (character >= 48 && character <= 57);
+}
+
+
+/** 
+ * Takes in a symbol name (string) and replaces
+ * all the "."s with an underscore as to make
+ * the names ready for ceoe emitting
+ *
+ * Params:
+ *   symbolIn = The symbol name to transform
+ * Returns: The transformed symbol name 
+ */
+public string symbolRename(string symbolIn)
+{
+    string symbolOut = replace(symbolIn, ".", "_");
+    return symbolOut;
 }