Add ScriptFnMetadata.

RELEASES.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Breaking changes
 
 * `Engine::on_progress` now takes `u64` instead of `&u64`.
 * The closure for `Engine::on_debug` now takes an additional `Position` parameter.
-* `AST::iter_functions` returns a slice of parameter names instead of the internal `ScriptFnDef`.
+* `AST::iter_functions` now returns `ScriptFnMetadata`.
 
 Enhancements
 ------------

examples/repl.rs

@@ -142,20 +142,7 @@ fn main() {
                     .for_each(|f| println!("{}", f));
 
                 #[cfg(not(feature = "no_function"))]
-                main_ast
-                    .iter_functions()
-                    .for_each(|(_, access, name, _, params)| {
-                        println!(
-                            "{}{}({}) -> Dynamic",
-                            if access.is_private() { "private " } else { "" },
-                            name,
-                            params
-                                .iter()
-                                .map(|s| s.as_str())
-                                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-                                .join(", ")
-                        )
-                    });
+                main_ast.iter_functions().for_each(|f| println!("{}", f));
 
                 println!();
                 continue;

src/ast.rs

@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ pub struct ScriptFnDef {
     /// Access to external variables.
     #[cfg(not(feature = "no_closure"))]
     pub externals: Vec<ImmutableString>,
+    /// Comment block for function.
+    pub fn_comments: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for ScriptFnDef {
@@ -105,6 +107,46 @@ impl fmt::Display for ScriptFnDef {
     }
 }
 
+/// A type containing a script-defined function's metadata.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Hash)]
+pub struct ScriptFnMetadata {
+    pub comments: Vec<String>,
+    pub access: FnAccess,
+    pub fn_name: ImmutableString,
+    pub params: Vec<ImmutableString>,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for ScriptFnMetadata {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            f,
+            "{}{}({}) -> Dynamic",
+            if self.access.is_private() {
+                "private "
+            } else {
+                ""
+            },
+            self.fn_name,
+            self.params
+                .iter()
+                .map(|p| p.as_str())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join(", ")
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl Into<ScriptFnMetadata> for &ScriptFnDef {
+    fn into(self) -> ScriptFnMetadata {
+        ScriptFnMetadata {
+            comments: self.fn_comments.clone(),
+            access: self.access,
+            fn_name: self.name.clone(),
+            params: self.params.iter().cloned().collect(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Compiled AST (abstract syntax tree) of a Rhai script.
 ///
 /// # Thread Safety
@@ -499,20 +541,10 @@ impl AST {
     /// Iterate through all functions
     #[cfg(not(feature = "no_function"))]
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn iter_functions<'a>(
-        &'a self,
-    ) -> impl Iterator<Item = (FnNamespace, FnAccess, &str, usize, &[ImmutableString])> + 'a {
+    pub fn iter_functions<'a>(&'a self) -> impl Iterator<Item = ScriptFnMetadata> + 'a {
         self.functions
             .iter_script_fn()
-            .map(|(namespace, access, name, num_params, fn_def)| {
-                (
-                    namespace,
-                    access,
-                    name,
-                    num_params,
-                    fn_def.params.as_slice(),
-                )
-            })
+            .map(|(_, _, _, _, fn_def)| fn_def.into())
     }
     /// Clear all function definitions in the [`AST`].
     #[cfg(not(feature = "no_function"))]

src/lib.rs

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pub type FLOAT = f64;
 #[cfg(feature = "f32_float")]
 pub type FLOAT = f32;
 
-pub use ast::{FnAccess, AST};
+pub use ast::{FnAccess, ScriptFnMetadata, AST};
 pub use dynamic::Dynamic;
 pub use engine::{Engine, EvalContext};
 pub use fn_native::{FnPtr, NativeCallContext, Shared};

src/optimize.rs

@@ -868,6 +868,7 @@ pub fn optimize_into_ast(
                     lib: None,
                     #[cfg(not(feature = "no_module"))]
                     mods: Default::default(),
+                    fn_comments: Default::default(),
                 })
                 .for_each(|fn_def| {
                     lib2.set_script_fn(fn_def);

src/parser.rs

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ struct ParseState<'e> {
     /// Tracks a list of external variables (variables that are not explicitly declared in the scope).
     #[cfg(not(feature = "no_closure"))]
     externals: HashMap<ImmutableString, Position>,
+    /// Latest global comments block.
+    comments: Vec<String>,
     /// An indicator that disables variable capturing into externals one single time
     /// up until the nearest consumed Identifier token.
     /// If set to false the next call to `access_var` will not capture the variable.
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ impl<'e> ParseState<'e> {
             strings: HashMap::with_capacity(64),
             stack: Vec::with_capacity(16),
             entry_stack_len: 0,
+            comments: Default::default(),
             #[cfg(not(feature = "no_module"))]
             modules: Default::default(),
         }
@@ -2449,7 +2452,9 @@ fn parse_stmt(
                         pos: pos,
                     };
 
-                    let func = parse_fn(input, &mut new_state, lib, access, settings)?;
+                    let fn_comments = state.comments.clone();
+
+                    let func = parse_fn(input, &mut new_state, lib, access, settings, fn_comments)?;
 
                     // Qualifiers (none) + function name + number of arguments.
                     let hash = calc_script_fn_hash(empty(), &func.name, func.params.len());
@@ -2608,6 +2613,7 @@ fn parse_fn(
     lib: &mut FunctionsLib,
     access: FnAccess,
     mut settings: ParseSettings,
+    fn_comments: Vec<String>,
 ) -> Result<ScriptFnDef, ParseError> {
     #[cfg(not(feature = "unchecked"))]
     settings.ensure_level_within_max_limit(state.max_expr_depth)?;
@@ -2693,6 +2699,7 @@ fn parse_fn(
         lib: None,
         #[cfg(not(feature = "no_module"))]
         mods: Default::default(),
+        fn_comments,
     })
 }
 
@@ -2849,6 +2856,7 @@ fn parse_anon_fn(
         lib: None,
         #[cfg(not(feature = "no_module"))]
         mods: Default::default(),
+        fn_comments: Default::default(),
     };
 
     let expr = Expr::FnPointer(fn_name, settings.pos);