add item access

src/arobject.h

@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ typedef enum {
   __new__,
   __init__,
   __boolean__,
-  __get_attr__,
+  __getattr__,
   field__address,
   __call__,
   __number__,
   field_length,
   __getattribute__,
   __setattr__,
+  __getitem__,
   __setitem__,
   __hash__,
   __repr__,

src/import.c

@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ static inline uint64_t htole64(uint64_t x) { return x; }
 #elif defined(__linux__)
 #include <endian.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int is_regular_file(const char *path) {
+  struct stat path_stat;
+  stat(path, &path_stat);
+  return S_ISREG(path_stat.st_mode);
+}
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
 #include <libkern/OSByteOrder.h>
 #define htole32(x) OSSwapHostToLittleInt32(x)
@@ -93,11 +102,11 @@ const uint32_t version_number = 0;
 const char version_string[] = "4.0.0";
 
 bool file_exists(const char *path) {
-    struct stat st;
+  struct stat st;
-    if (stat(path, &st) == 0) {
+  if (stat(path, &st) == 0) {
-        return S_ISREG(st.st_mode); // true only if it's a regular file
+    return S_ISREG(st.st_mode); // true only if it's a regular file
-    }
+  }
-    return false; // doesn't exist, or stat failed
+  return false; // doesn't exist, or stat failed
 }
 
 static inline void write_and_hash(FILE *file, XXH64_state_t *state,
@@ -285,7 +294,6 @@ Translated load_argon_file(char *path, ArErr *err) {
                 sizeof(cache_file_path));
   cwk_path_change_extension(cache_file_path, BYTECODE_EXTENTION,
                             cache_file_path, sizeof(cache_file_path));
-
   FILE *file = fopen(path, "r");
   if (!file) {
     *err = create_err(0, 0, 0, NULL, "File Error", "Unable to open file '%s'",
@@ -400,7 +408,8 @@ Translated load_argon_file(char *path, ArErr *err) {
   Translated gc_translated = {
       translated.registerCount, translated.registerAssignment, NULL, {}, {},
       translated.path};
-  gc_translated.bytecode.data = ar_alloc_atomic(translated.bytecode.capacity+translated.constants.capacity);
+  gc_translated.bytecode.data = ar_alloc_atomic(translated.bytecode.capacity +
+                                                translated.constants.capacity);
   memcpy(gc_translated.bytecode.data, translated.bytecode.data,
          translated.bytecode.capacity);
   gc_translated.bytecode.element_size = translated.bytecode.element_size;
@@ -408,7 +417,8 @@ Translated load_argon_file(char *path, ArErr *err) {
   gc_translated.bytecode.resizable = false;
   gc_translated.bytecode.capacity =
       translated.bytecode.size * translated.bytecode.element_size;
-  gc_translated.constants.data = gc_translated.bytecode.data+translated.bytecode.capacity;
+  gc_translated.constants.data =
+      gc_translated.bytecode.data + translated.bytecode.capacity;
   memcpy(gc_translated.constants.data, translated.constants.data,
          translated.constants.capacity);
   gc_translated.constants.size = translated.constants.size;
@@ -422,8 +432,8 @@ Translated load_argon_file(char *path, ArErr *err) {
 }
 
 const char *PRE_PATHS_TO_TEST[] = {"", "", "argon_modules", "argon_modules"};
-const char *POST_PATHS_TO_TEST[sizeof(PRE_PATHS_TO_TEST)/sizeof(char *)] = {"", "init.ar", "",
+const char *POST_PATHS_TO_TEST[sizeof(PRE_PATHS_TO_TEST) / sizeof(char *)] = {
-                                                             "init.ar"};
+    "", "init.ar", "", "init.ar"};
 
 struct hashmap *importing_hash_table = NULL;
 struct hashmap_GC *imported_hash_table = NULL;
@@ -431,8 +441,9 @@ struct hashmap_GC *imported_hash_table = NULL;
 Stack *ar_import(char *current_directory, char *path_relative, ArErr *err) {
   char path[FILENAME_MAX];
   bool found = false;
-  for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(PRE_PATHS_TO_TEST)/sizeof(char *); i++) {
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(PRE_PATHS_TO_TEST) / sizeof(char *); i++) {
-    cwk_path_get_absolute(current_directory, PRE_PATHS_TO_TEST[i], path, sizeof(path));
+    cwk_path_get_absolute(current_directory, PRE_PATHS_TO_TEST[i], path,
+                          sizeof(path));
     cwk_path_get_absolute(path, path_relative, path, sizeof(path));
     cwk_path_get_absolute(path, POST_PATHS_TO_TEST[i], path, sizeof(path));
     if (file_exists(path)) {
@@ -445,9 +456,10 @@ Stack *ar_import(char *current_directory, char *path_relative, ArErr *err) {
                       path_relative);
     return NULL;
   }
-  if (!importing_hash_table) importing_hash_table = createHashmap();
+  if (!importing_hash_table)
+    importing_hash_table = createHashmap();
   uint64_t hash = siphash64_bytes(path, strlen(path), siphash_key);
-  hashmap_insert(importing_hash_table, hash, path, (void*)true, 0);
+  hashmap_insert(importing_hash_table, hash, path, (void *)true, 0);
   Translated translated = load_argon_file(path, err);
   if (err->exists) {
     return NULL;
@@ -462,8 +474,9 @@ Stack *ar_import(char *current_directory, char *path_relative, ArErr *err) {
   end = clock();
   double time_spent = (double)(end - start) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
   fprintf(stderr, "Execution time taken: %f seconds\n", time_spent);
-  hashmap_insert(importing_hash_table, hash, path, (void*)false, 0);
+  hashmap_insert(importing_hash_table, hash, path, (void *)false, 0);
-  if (!imported_hash_table) imported_hash_table = createHashmap_GC();
+  if (!imported_hash_table)
+    imported_hash_table = createHashmap_GC();
   hashmap_insert_GC(imported_hash_table, hash, path, main_scope, 0);
   return main_scope;
 }

src/memory.c

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 #include "memory.h"
 #include <gc.h>
-#include <gc/gc.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -22,6 +21,15 @@ void *checked_malloc(size_t size) {
   return ptr;
 }
 
+void *checked_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size) {
+  void *new_ptr = realloc(ptr, size);
+  if (!new_ptr) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "fatal error: failed to allocate %zu bytes\n", size);
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
+  return new_ptr;
+}
+
 struct allocation *memory_allocations = NULL;
 size_t memory_allocations_size = 0;
 pthread_mutex_t lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;

src/memory.h

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <stddef.h> // for size_t
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include <gc/gc.h>
+#include <gc.h>
 
 // GC-managed allocations
 
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@ void ar_memory_init();
 void ar_memory_shutdown();
 
 void *checked_malloc(size_t size);
+void *checked_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size);
 
 #endif // ARGON_MEMORY_H

src/parser/assignable/access/access.c

@@ -15,41 +15,38 @@
 
 ParsedValueReturn parse_access(char *file, DArray *tokens, size_t *index,
                                ParsedValue *to_access) {
-  Token *first_token = darray_get(tokens, *index);
   ParsedValue *parsedValue = checked_malloc(sizeof(ParsedValue));
-  if (first_token->type == TOKEN_DOT) {
+  ParsedAccess *parsedAccess = checked_malloc(sizeof(ParsedAccess));
-    ParsedAccess *parsedAccess = checked_malloc(sizeof(ParsedAccess));
+  parsedAccess->to_access = to_access;
-    parsedAccess->to_access = to_access;
+  parsedAccess->access = NULL;
-    parsedAccess->access = NULL;
+  parsedValue->type = AST_ACCESS;
-    parsedValue->type = AST_ACCESS;
+  parsedValue->data = parsedAccess;
-    parsedValue->data = parsedAccess;
+  (*index)++;
-    (*index)++;
+  ArErr err = error_if_finished(file, tokens, index);
-    ArErr err = error_if_finished(file, tokens, index);
+  if (err.exists) {
-    if (err.exists) {
+    free_parsed(parsedValue);
-      free_parsed(parsedValue);
+    free(parsedValue);
-      free(parsedValue);
+    return (ParsedValueReturn){err, NULL};
-      return (ParsedValueReturn){err, NULL};
-    }
-    Token *token = darray_get(tokens, *index);
-    if (token->type != TOKEN_IDENTIFIER) {
-      free_parsed(parsedValue);
-      free(parsedValue);
-      return (ParsedValueReturn){create_err(token->line, token->column,
-                                            token->length, file, "Syntax Error",
-                                            "expected identifier after dot"),
-                                 NULL};
-    }
-    parsedAccess->line = token->line;
-    parsedAccess->column = token->column;
-    parsedAccess->length = token->length;
-    ParsedValueReturn parsedString = parse_string(token, false);
-    if (parsedString.err.exists) {
-      free_parsed(parsedValue);
-      free(parsedValue);
-      return parsedString;
-    }
-    parsedAccess->access = parsedString.value;
   }
+  Token *token = darray_get(tokens, *index);
+  if (token->type != TOKEN_IDENTIFIER) {
+    free_parsed(parsedValue);
+    free(parsedValue);
+    return (ParsedValueReturn){create_err(token->line, token->column,
+                                          token->length, file, "Syntax Error",
+                                          "expected identifier after dot"),
+                               NULL};
+  }
+  parsedAccess->line = token->line;
+  parsedAccess->column = token->column;
+  parsedAccess->length = token->length;
+  ParsedValueReturn parsedString = parse_string(token, false);
+  if (parsedString.err.exists) {
+    free_parsed(parsedValue);
+    free(parsedValue);
+    return parsedString;
+  }
+  parsedAccess->access = parsedString.value;
   (*index)++;
   return (ParsedValueReturn){no_err, parsedValue};
 }

src/parser/assignable/item/item.c

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 William Bell
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#include "item.h"
+#include "../../../lexer/token.h"
+#include "../../../memory.h"
+#include "../../parser.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+ParsedValueReturn parse_item_access(char *file, DArray *tokens, size_t *index,
+                                    ParsedValue *to_access) {
+  ParsedValue *parsedValue = checked_malloc(sizeof(ParsedValue));
+  ParsedItemAccess *parsedItemAccess = checked_malloc(sizeof(ParsedItemAccess));
+  parsedItemAccess->to_access = to_access;
+  size_t capacity = 4;
+  parsedItemAccess->items = checked_malloc(capacity * sizeof(ParsedValue *));
+  parsedItemAccess->itemc = 0;
+  parsedValue->type = AST_ITEM_ACCESS;
+  parsedValue->data = parsedItemAccess;
+  Token *token = darray_get(tokens, *index);
+  parsedItemAccess->line = token->line;
+  parsedItemAccess->column = token->column;
+  parsedItemAccess->length = token->length;
+  (*index)++;
+  while (true) {
+    ArErr err = error_if_finished(file, tokens, index);
+    if (err.exists) {
+      free_parsed(parsedValue);
+      free(parsedValue);
+      return (ParsedValueReturn){err, NULL};
+    }
+    ParsedValueReturn parsedKey = parse_token(file, tokens, index, true);
+    if (parsedKey.err.exists) {
+      free_parsed(parsedValue);
+      free(parsedValue);
+      return parsedKey;
+    }
+    parsedItemAccess->items[parsedItemAccess->itemc++] = parsedKey.value;
+    if (parsedItemAccess->itemc > capacity) {
+      capacity *= 2;
+      parsedItemAccess->items = checked_realloc(
+          parsedItemAccess->items, capacity * sizeof(ParsedValue *));
+    }
+    Token *token = darray_get(tokens, *index);
+    (*index)++;
+    if (token->type == TOKEN_COMMA) {
+      continue;
+    } else if (token->type == TOKEN_RBRACKET) {
+      break;
+    } else {
+      free_parsed(parsedValue);
+      free(parsedValue);
+      return (ParsedValueReturn){
+          create_err(token->line, token->column, token->length, file,
+                     "Syntax Error",
+                     "expected either a comma or a closing bracket"),
+          NULL};
+    }
+  }
+  return (ParsedValueReturn){no_err, parsedValue};
+}
+
+void free_parse_item_access(void *ptr) {
+  ParsedValue *parsedValue = ptr;
+  ParsedItemAccess *parsedItemAccess = parsedValue->data;
+  free_parsed(parsedItemAccess->to_access);
+  free(parsedItemAccess->to_access);
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < parsedItemAccess->itemc; i++) {
+    free_parsed(parsedItemAccess->items[i]);
+    free(parsedItemAccess->items[i]);
+  }
+  free(parsedItemAccess->items);
+  free(parsedItemAccess);
+}

src/parser/assignable/item/item.h

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 William Bell
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#ifndef ITEM_ACCESS_H
+#define ITEM_ACCESS_H
+#include "../../parser.h"
+#include "../../../lexer/token.h"  // for Token
+typedef struct {
+  ParsedValue *to_access;
+  ParsedValue **items;
+  size_t itemc;
+  size_t line;
+  size_t column;
+  size_t length;
+} ParsedItemAccess;
+
+ParsedValueReturn parse_item_access(char *file, DArray *tokens, size_t *index,
+                               ParsedValue *to_access);
+
+void free_parse_item_access(void *ptr);
+
+#endif // ACCESS_H

src/parser/parser.c

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "assignable/assign/assign.h"
 #include "assignable/call/call.h"
 #include "assignable/identifier/identifier.h"
+#include "assignable/item/item.h"
 #include "declaration/declaration.h"
 #include "dictionary/dictionary.h"
 #include "dowrap/dowrap.h"
@@ -164,9 +165,11 @@ ParsedValueReturn parse_token_full(char *file, DArray *tokens, size_t *index,
       output = parse_call(file, tokens, index, output.value);
       break;
     case TOKEN_DOT:
-    case TOKEN_LBRACKET:
       output = parse_access(file, tokens, index, output.value);
       break;
+    case TOKEN_LBRACKET:
+      output = parse_item_access(file, tokens, index, output.value);
+      break;
       SWITCH_OPERATIONS
       if (process_operations) {
         output = parse_operations(file, tokens, index, output.value);
@@ -241,6 +244,9 @@ void free_parsed(void *ptr) {
   case AST_ACCESS:
     free_parse_access(parsed);
     break;
+  case AST_ITEM_ACCESS:
+    free_parse_item_access(parsed);
+    break;
   case AST_NULL:
   case AST_BOOLEAN:
     break;

src/parser/parser.h

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ typedef enum {
   AST_NUMBER,
   AST_IF,
   AST_ACCESS,
+  AST_ITEM_ACCESS,
   AST_CALL,
   AST_DECLARATION,
   AST_NULL,

src/runtime/internals/dynamic_array_armem/darray_armem.c

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "darray_armem.h"
 #include "../../../memory.h"
-#include <gc/gc.h>
+#include <gc.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>

src/runtime/internals/hashmap/hashmap.c

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "hashmap.h"
 
 #include "../../../memory.h"
-#include <gc/gc.h>
+#include <gc.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>

src/runtime/objects/dictionary/dictionary.c

@@ -122,14 +122,14 @@ ArgonObject *create_ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE___string__(size_t argc,
   return result;
 }
 
-ArgonObject *create_ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE___get_attr__(size_t argc,
+ArgonObject *create_ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE___getattr__(size_t argc,
                                                        ArgonObject **argv,
                                                        ArErr *err,
                                                        RuntimeState *state) {
   (void)state;
   if (argc != 2) {
     *err = create_err(0, 0, 0, "", "Runtime Error",
-                      "__get_attr__ expects 2 argument, got %" PRIu64, argc);
+                      "__getattr__ expects 2 argument, got %" PRIu64, argc);
     return ARGON_NULL;
   }
   ArgonObject *object = argv[0];
@@ -169,6 +169,32 @@ ArgonObject *create_ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE___setattr__(size_t argc,
   return value;
 }
 
+ArgonObject *create_ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE___getitem__(size_t argc,
+                                                       ArgonObject **argv,
+                                                       ArErr *err,
+                                                       RuntimeState *state) {
+  (void)state;
+  if (argc != 2) {
+    *err = create_err(0, 0, 0, "", "Runtime Error",
+                      "__getitem__ expects 2 argument, got %" PRIu64, argc);
+    return ARGON_NULL;
+  }
+  ArgonObject *object = argv[0];
+  ArgonObject *key = argv[1];
+  int64_t hash = hash_object(key, err, state);
+  if (err->exists) {
+    return ARGON_NULL;
+  }
+  ArgonObject *result = hashmap_lookup_GC(object->value.as_hashmap, hash);
+  if (!result) {
+    char *object_str = argon_object_to_null_terminated_string(key, err, state);
+    
+    *err = create_err(0, 0, 0, NULL, "Attribute Error",
+                      "Dictionary has no item '%s'", object_str);
+    return ARGON_NULL;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
 
 ArgonObject *create_ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE___setitem__(size_t argc,
                                                        ArgonObject **argv,
@@ -199,9 +225,9 @@ void create_ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE() {
                     create_argon_native_function(
                         "__init__", create_ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE___init__));
   add_builtin_field(
-      ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE, __get_attr__,
+      ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE, __getattr__,
-      create_argon_native_function("__get_attr__",
+      create_argon_native_function("__getattr__",
-                                   create_ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE___get_attr__));
+                                   create_ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE___getattr__));
   add_builtin_field(
       ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE, __setattr__,
       create_argon_native_function("__setattr__",
@@ -210,6 +236,10 @@ void create_ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE() {
       ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE, __setitem__,
       create_argon_native_function("__setitem__",
                                    create_ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE___setitem__));
+  add_builtin_field(
+      ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE, __getitem__,
+      create_argon_native_function("__getitem__",
+                                   create_ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE___getitem__));
   add_builtin_field(ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE, __string__,
                     create_argon_native_function(
                         "__string__", create_ARGON_DICTIONARY_TYPE___string__));

src/runtime/objects/object.c

@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ const char *built_in_field_names[BUILT_IN_FIELDS_COUNT] = {
     "__new__",
     "__init__",
     "__boolean__",
-    "__get_attr__",
+    "__getattr__",
+    "__getitem__",
     "address",
     "__call__",
     "__number__",

src/runtime/objects/string/string.c

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "string.h"
+#include "../../call/call.h"
 #include "../number/number.h"
 #include "../object.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -14,51 +15,58 @@
 
 ArgonObject *ARGON_STRING_TYPE = NULL;
 
-
-
-
 char *c_quote_string(const char *input, size_t len) {
-    // Worst case: every byte becomes "\uXXXX" (6 chars) + quotes + NUL
+  // Worst case: every byte becomes "\uXXXX" (6 chars) + quotes + NUL
-    size_t max_out = 2 + (len * 6) + 1;
+  size_t max_out = 2 + (len * 6) + 1;
-    char *out = malloc(max_out);
+  char *out = malloc(max_out);
-    if (!out) return NULL;
+  if (!out)
+    return NULL;
 
-    size_t j = 0;
+  size_t j = 0;
-    out[j++] = '"';
+  out[j++] = '"';
 
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-        unsigned char c = (unsigned char)input[i];
+    unsigned char c = (unsigned char)input[i];
 
-        switch (c) {
+    switch (c) {
-            case '\n':
+    case '\n':
-                out[j++] = '\\'; out[j++] = 'n'; break;
+      out[j++] = '\\';
-            case '\t':
+      out[j++] = 'n';
-                out[j++] = '\\'; out[j++] = 't'; break;
+      break;
-            case '\r':
+    case '\t':
-                out[j++] = '\\'; out[j++] = 'r'; break;
+      out[j++] = '\\';
-            case '\\':
+      out[j++] = 't';
-                out[j++] = '\\'; out[j++] = '\\'; break;
+      break;
-            case '\"':
+    case '\r':
-                out[j++] = '\\'; out[j++] = '\"'; break;
+      out[j++] = '\\';
-            default:
+      out[j++] = 'r';
-                if (isprint(c)) {
+      break;
-                    out[j++] = c;
+    case '\\':
-                } else {
+      out[j++] = '\\';
-                    // write \uXXXX
+      out[j++] = '\\';
-                    j += sprintf(&out[j], "\\u%04X", c);
+      break;
-                }
+    case '\"':
-        }
+      out[j++] = '\\';
+      out[j++] = '\"';
+      break;
+    default:
+      if (isprint(c)) {
+        out[j++] = c;
+      } else {
+        // write \uXXXX
+        j += sprintf(&out[j], "\\u%04X", c);
+      }
     }
+  }
 
-    out[j++] = '"';
+  out[j++] = '"';
-    out[j] = '\0';
+  out[j] = '\0';
-    return out;
+  return out;
 }
 
-void init_string(ArgonObject*object,char *data, size_t length, uint64_t prehash,
+void init_string(ArgonObject *object, char *data, size_t length,
-                               uint64_t hash) {
+                 uint64_t prehash, uint64_t hash) {
-  add_builtin_field(object, field_length,
+  add_builtin_field(object, field_length, new_number_object_from_int64(length));
-                    new_number_object_from_int64(length));
   object->type = TYPE_STRING;
   object->value.as_str = ar_alloc(sizeof(struct string_struct));
   object->value.as_str->data = data;
@@ -69,18 +77,40 @@ void init_string(ArgonObject*object,char *data, size_t length, uint64_t prehash,
   object->as_bool = length;
 }
 
-ArgonObject *new_string_object_without_memcpy(char *data, size_t length, uint64_t prehash,
+ArgonObject *new_string_object_without_memcpy(char *data, size_t length,
-                               uint64_t hash) {
+                                              uint64_t prehash, uint64_t hash) {
   ArgonObject *object = new_instance(ARGON_STRING_TYPE);
-  init_string(object,data,length,prehash,hash);
+  init_string(object, data, length, prehash, hash);
   return object;
 }
 
 ArgonObject *new_string_object(char *data, size_t length, uint64_t prehash,
                                uint64_t hash) {
-  char*data_copy = ar_alloc_atomic(length);
+  char *data_copy = ar_alloc_atomic(length);
   memcpy(data_copy, data, length);
-  return new_string_object_without_memcpy(data_copy,length, prehash, hash);
+  return new_string_object_without_memcpy(data_copy, length, prehash, hash);
+}
+
+char *argon_object_to_null_terminated_string(ArgonObject *object, ArErr *err,
+                                             RuntimeState *state) {
+  ArgonObject *string_convert_method = get_builtin_field_for_class(
+      get_builtin_field(object, __class__), __repr__, object);
+
+  if (!string_convert_method)
+    return "<object>";
+
+  ArgonObject *string_object =
+      argon_call(string_convert_method, 0, NULL, err, state);
+  if (err->exists)
+    return NULL;
+
+
+  if (string_object->type != TYPE_STRING) return "<object>";
+
+  char *string = ar_alloc(string_object->value.as_str->length+1);
+  string[string_object->value.as_str->length] = '\0';
+  memcpy(string, string_object->value.as_str->data, string_object->value.as_str->length);
+  return string;
 }
 
 ArgonObject *new_string_object_null_terminated(char *data) {

src/runtime/objects/string/string.h

@@ -12,13 +12,17 @@ extern ArgonObject *ARGON_STRING_TYPE;
 
 char *c_quote_string(const char *input, size_t len);
 
-void init_string(ArgonObject*object,char *data, size_t length, uint64_t prehash,
+void init_string(ArgonObject *object, char *data, size_t length,
+                 uint64_t prehash, uint64_t hash);
+
+char *argon_object_to_null_terminated_string(ArgonObject *object, ArErr *err,
+                                             RuntimeState *state);
+
+ArgonObject *new_string_object_without_memcpy(char *data, size_t length,
+                                              uint64_t prehash, uint64_t hash);
+
+ArgonObject *new_string_object(char *data, size_t length, uint64_t prehash,
                                uint64_t hash);
 
-ArgonObject *new_string_object_without_memcpy(char *data, size_t length, uint64_t prehash,
+ArgonObject *new_string_object_null_terminated(char *data);
-                               uint64_t hash);
-
-ArgonObject *new_string_object(char *data, size_t length, uint64_t prehash, uint64_t hash);
-
-ArgonObject *new_string_object_null_terminated(char*data);
 #endif // STRING_OBJ_H

src/runtime/runtime.c

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include "objects/term/term.h"
 #include "objects/type/type.h"
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <gc/gc.h>
+#include <gc.h>
 #include <gmp.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ ArgonObject *BASE_CLASS___getattribute__(size_t argc, ArgonObject **argv,
                                    access->value.as_str->length, true, false);
   if (value)
     return value;
-  ArgonObject *cls__get_attr__ = get_builtin_field_for_class(
+  ArgonObject *cls__getattr__ = get_builtin_field_for_class(
-      get_builtin_field(to_access, __class__), __get_attr__, to_access);
+      get_builtin_field(to_access, __class__), __getattr__, to_access);
-  if (cls__get_attr__) {
+  if (cls__getattr__) {
     value =
-        argon_call(cls__get_attr__, 1, (ArgonObject *[]){access}, err, state);
+        argon_call(cls__getattr__, 1, (ArgonObject *[]){access}, err, state);
     if (err->exists) {
       return ARGON_NULL;
     }
@@ -890,7 +890,8 @@ void runtime(Translated _translated, RuntimeState _state, Stack *stack,
       [OP_NOT] = &&DO_NOT,
       [OP_LOAD_SETATTR_METHOD] = &&DO_LOAD_SETATTR_METHOD,
       [OP_CREATE_DICTIONARY] = &&DO_CREATE_DICTIONARY,
-      [OP_LOAD_SETITEM_METHOD] = &&DO_LOAD_SETITEM_METHOD};
+      [OP_LOAD_SETITEM_METHOD] = &&DO_LOAD_SETITEM_METHOD,
+      [OP_LOAD_GETITEM_METHOD] = &&DO_LOAD_GETITEM_METHOD};
   _state.head = 0;
 
   StackFrame *currentStackFrame = ar_alloc(sizeof(StackFrame));
@@ -1288,6 +1289,18 @@ void runtime(Translated _translated, RuntimeState _state, Stack *stack,
       }
       continue;
     }
+    DO_LOAD_GETITEM_METHOD: {
+      state->registers[0] = get_builtin_field_for_class(
+          get_builtin_field(state->registers[0], __class__), __getitem__,
+          state->registers[0]);
+      if (!state->registers[0]) {
+        *err = create_err(
+            state->source_location.line, state->source_location.column,
+            state->source_location.length, state->path, "Runtime Error",
+            "unable to get __getitem__ from objects class");
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
     }
 
     ArgonObject *result = currentStackFrame->state.registers[0];

src/translator/bytecode_spec.md

@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ loads the \_\_setattr\_\_ method from the objects class in register 0 and put it
 
 create a dictionary object into register 0.
 
+## OP_LOAD_GETITEM_METHOD
+
+loads the \_\_getitem\_\_ method from the objects class in register 0 and put it into register 0
+
 ## OP_LOAD_SETITEM_METHOD
 
 loads the \_\_setitem\_\_ method from the objects class in register 0 and put it into register 0

src/translator/item_access/item_access.c

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 William Bell
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+#include "item_access.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+size_t translate_item_access(Translated *translated, ParsedItemAccess *access,
+                        ArErr *err) {
+  set_registers(translated, 1);
+  uint64_t first = translate_parsed(translated, access->to_access, err);
+  if (err->exists)
+    return 0;
+  push_instruction_byte(translated, OP_LOAD_GETITEM_METHOD);
+  push_instruction_byte(translated, OP_INIT_CALL);
+  push_instruction_code(translated, access->itemc);
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < access->itemc; i++) {
+    translate_parsed(translated, access->items[i], err);
+    if (err->exists)
+      return 0;
+    push_instruction_byte(translated, OP_INSERT_ARG);
+    push_instruction_code(translated, i);
+  }
+
+  push_instruction_byte(translated, OP_SOURCE_LOCATION);
+  push_instruction_code(translated, access->line);
+  push_instruction_code(translated, access->column);
+  push_instruction_code(translated, access->length);
+  push_instruction_byte(translated, OP_CALL);
+  return first;
+}

src/translator/item_access/item_access.h

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 William Bell
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#ifndef translator_item_access_H
+#define translator_item_access_H
+#include "../../parser/assignable/item/item.h"
+#include "../translator.h"
+
+size_t translate_item_access(Translated *translated, ParsedItemAccess *access,
+                        ArErr *err);
+
+#endif // translator_item_access_H

src/translator/translator.c

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include "../parser/dictionary/dictionary.h"
 #include "../parser/not/not.h"
 #include "access/access.h"
+#include "../parser/assignable/item/item.h"
+#include "item_access/item_access.h"
 #include "assignment/assignment.h"
 #include "call/call.h"
 #include "declaration/declaration.h"
@@ -163,6 +165,8 @@ size_t translate_parsed(Translated *translated, ParsedValue *parsedValue,
                                  err);
   case AST_ACCESS:
     return translate_access(translated, (ParsedAccess *)parsedValue->data, err);
+  case AST_ITEM_ACCESS:
+    return translate_item_access(translated, (ParsedItemAccess *)parsedValue->data, err);
   case AST_OPERATION:
     return translate_operation(translated, (ParsedOperation *)parsedValue->data,
                                err);

src/translator/translator.h

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ typedef enum {
   OP_NOT,
   OP_LOAD_SETATTR_METHOD,
   OP_CREATE_DICTIONARY,
+  OP_LOAD_GETITEM_METHOD,
   OP_LOAD_SETITEM_METHOD
 } OperationType;
 

tests/iteration-test.ar

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-let i = 1e7
-while (i) do
-  i=i-1