From 21f688c1eac5fb09ae68fd9b3cfcff687de36601 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carson Fleming <cflems@cflems.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:27:19 -0700
Subject: scope inheritance

---
 codegen.c |  2 ++
 scope.c   | 22 ++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/codegen.c b/codegen.c
index cfb4cca..d6f212a 100644
--- a/codegen.c
+++ b/codegen.c
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ void emit_code(const struct root_node* ast, const char* path) {
     fprintf(outfile, "section .text\n");
     scope_push(&scope);
 
+    /* TODO: register all basic types */
+
     /* output all non-static function declarations as globals */
     const struct root_node* node = ast;
     while (node != NULL) {
diff --git a/scope.c b/scope.c
index 2fe62e1..251aa51 100644
--- a/scope.c
+++ b/scope.c
@@ -84,10 +84,13 @@ bool scope_get_type(
     struct type_def* p_entry,
     const char* name
 ) {
-    struct type_def* type_def = *type_cell(scope, name);
-    if (type_def == NULL) return false;
-    *p_entry = *type_def;
-    return true;
+    for (; scope != NULL; scope = scope->next_out) {
+        struct type_def* type_def = *type_cell(scope, name);
+        if (type_def == NULL) continue;
+        *p_entry = *type_def;
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
 }
 
 void scope_define_type(struct scope* scope, struct type_def type) {
@@ -109,10 +112,13 @@ bool scope_get_var(
     struct var_def* p_entry,
     const char* name
 ) {
-    struct var_def* var_def = *var_cell(scope, name);
-    if (var_def == NULL) return false;
-    *p_entry = *var_def;
-    return true;
+    for (; scope != NULL; scope = scope->next_out) {
+        struct var_def* var_def = *var_cell(scope, name);
+        if (var_def == NULL) continue;
+        *p_entry = *var_def;
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
 }
 
 void scope_define_var(struct scope* scope, struct var_def var) {
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