Allow for implicit int conversion to larger type

example/src/main.nub

@@ -1,37 +1,13 @@
 // c
 extern func puts(text: cstring)
 
-interface Printable
-{
-    func print()
-    func test()
-}
-
-struct Human : Printable
-{
-    name: cstring
-    age: u32
-
-    func print()
-    {
-        puts(this.name)
-    }
-
-    func test()
-    {
-        puts("test")
-    }
-}
-
 func main(args: []cstring): i64
 {
-    let x = struct Human {
+    let x: i32 = 23
-        name = "Oliver"
+    test(x)
-        age = 23
-    }
-
-    x.print()
-    x.test()
-
     return 0
 }
+
+func test(test: u8)
+{
+}

src/compiler/NubLang/Generation/QBE/QBEGenerator.cs

@@ -600,6 +600,8 @@ public class QBEGenerator
             FuncCallNode funcCall => EmitFuncCall(funcCall),
             InterfaceFuncCallNode interfaceFuncCall => EmitInterfaceFuncCall(interfaceFuncCall),
             InterfaceInitializerNode interfaceInitializer => EmitInterfaceInitializer(interfaceInitializer),
+            ConvertIntNode convertInt => EmitConvertInt(convertInt),
+            ConvertFloatNode convertFloat => EmitConvertFloat(convertFloat),
             ExternFuncIdentNode externFuncIdent => EmitExternFuncIdent(externFuncIdent),
             LocalFuncIdentNode localFuncIdent => EmitLocalFuncIdent(localFuncIdent),
             VariableIdentNode variableIdent => EmitVariableIdent(variableIdent),
@@ -1118,6 +1120,59 @@ public class QBEGenerator
         return destination;
     }
 
+    private string EmitConvertInt(ConvertIntNode convertInt)
+    {
+        var value = EmitExpression(convertInt.Value);
+
+        if (convertInt.ValueType == convertInt.TargetType || convertInt.ValueType.Width > convertInt.TargetType.Width)
+        {
+            return value;
+        }
+
+        var method = convertInt.ValueType.Signed switch
+        {
+            true => convertInt.ValueType.Width switch
+            {
+                8 => "extsb",
+                16 => "extsh",
+                32 => "extsw",
+                _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException()
+            },
+            false => convertInt.ValueType.Width switch
+            {
+                8 => "extub",
+                16 => "extuh",
+                32 => "extuw",
+                _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException()
+            }
+        };
+
+        var result = TmpName();
+        _writer.Indented($"{result} {QBEAssign(convertInt.TargetType)} {method} {value}");
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private string EmitConvertFloat(ConvertFloatNode convertFloat)
+    {
+        var value = EmitExpression(convertFloat.Value);
+
+        if (convertFloat.ValueType == convertFloat.TargetType)
+        {
+            return value;
+        }
+
+        var method = convertFloat.ValueType.Width switch
+        {
+            32 => "exts",
+            64 => "truncd",
+            _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException()
+        };
+
+        var result = TmpName();
+        _writer.Indented($"{result} {QBEAssign(convertFloat.TargetType)} {method} {value}");
+        return result;
+    }
+
     private string EmitFuncCall(FuncCallNode funcCall)
     {
         var funcPointer = EmitExpression(funcCall.Expression);

src/compiler/NubLang/TypeChecking/Node/ExpressionNode.cs

@@ -59,4 +59,8 @@ public record StructInitializerNode(StructTypeNode StructType, Dictionary<string
 
 public record DereferenceNode(TypeNode Type, ExpressionNode Expression) : RValueExpressionNode(Type);
 
-public record InterfaceInitializerNode(TypeNode Type, InterfaceTypeNode InterfaceType, StructTypeNode StructType, ExpressionNode Implementation) : LValueExpressionNode(Type);
+public record InterfaceInitializerNode(TypeNode Type, InterfaceTypeNode InterfaceType, StructTypeNode StructType, ExpressionNode Implementation) : LValueExpressionNode(Type);
+
+public record ConvertIntNode(TypeNode Type, ExpressionNode Value, IntTypeNode TargetType, IntTypeNode ValueType) : RValueExpressionNode(Type);
+
+public record ConvertFloatNode(TypeNode Type, ExpressionNode Value, FloatTypeNode TargetType, FloatTypeNode ValueType) : RValueExpressionNode(Type);

src/compiler/NubLang/TypeChecking/TypeChecker.cs

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public sealed class TypeChecker
         {
             throw new TypeCheckerException(Diagnostic.Error("Cannot assign to rvalue").Build());
         }
-        
+
         var value = CheckExpression(statement.Value, target.Type);
         return new AssignmentNode(targetLValue, value);
     }
@@ -296,13 +296,25 @@ public sealed class TypeChecker
 
     private ExpressionNode CheckConversion(TypeNode targetType, ExpressionNode expression)
     {
-        // todo(nub): Add conversions for primitive types such as i32 -> i64 etc.
+        if (expression.Type is StructTypeNode structType && targetType is InterfaceTypeNode interfaceType)
-        switch (expression.Type)
         {
-            case StructTypeNode structType when targetType is InterfaceTypeNode interfaceType:
+            return new InterfaceInitializerNode(interfaceType, interfaceType, structType, expression);
-            {
+        }
-                return new InterfaceInitializerNode(interfaceType, interfaceType, structType, expression);
+
-            }
+        if (expression.Type is IntTypeNode sourceIntType && targetType is IntTypeNode targetIntType)
+        {
+            // if ((sourceIntType.Width < targetIntType.Width) || (sourceIntType.Width == targetIntType.Width && sourceIntType.Signed != targetIntType.Signed))
+            // {
+                return new ConvertIntNode(targetIntType, expression, targetIntType, sourceIntType);
+            // }
+        }
+
+        if (expression.Type is FloatTypeNode sourceFloatType && targetType is FloatTypeNode targetFloatType)
+        {
+            // if (sourceFloatType.Width < targetFloatType.Width)
+            // {
+                return new ConvertFloatNode(targetFloatType, expression, targetFloatType, sourceFloatType);
+            // }
         }
 
         throw new TypeCheckerException(Diagnostic.Error($"Cannot convert {expression.Type} to {targetType}").Build());
@@ -316,7 +328,7 @@ public sealed class TypeChecker
         {
             throw new TypeCheckerException(Diagnostic.Error("Cannot take address of rvalue").Build());
         }
-        
+
         return new AddressOfNode(new PointerTypeNode(inner.Type), lValueInner);
     }