removed the newList() function and added a list literal

src/main/dig/hdl/HowTo.md

@@ -326,6 +326,6 @@ The following functions are predeclared:
     
 `sizeOf(var)` returns the size of an array or a map.
 
-`newMap()` creates a new empty map.
+`{[key1]:[value1],[key2]:[value2]}` creates a new map.
 
-`newList()` creates a new empty list.          
+`[1,2]` creates a new list.          

src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/draw/library/ResolveGenerics.java

@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ public class ResolveGenerics {
         } else if (val instanceof Integer)
             sb.append("int(").append(val).append(")");
         else if (val instanceof List) {
-            sb.append("newList(");
+            sb.append("[");
             boolean first = true;
             for (Object o : (List<?>) val) {
                 if (first)
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ public class ResolveGenerics {
                     sb.append(",");
                 addToStringBuilder(sb, o);
             }
-            sb.append(")");
+            sb.append("]");
         } else if (val instanceof Map) {
             sb.append("{");
             boolean first = true;

src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/hdl/hgs/Context.java

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ public class Context implements HGSMap {
         BUILT_IN.put("identifier", new FunctionIdentifier());
         BUILT_IN.put("loadHex", new FunctionLoadHex());
         BUILT_IN.put("sizeOf", new Func(1, args -> Value.toArray(args[0]).hgsArraySize()));
-        BUILT_IN.put("newList", new Func(-1, args -> new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(args))));
     }
 
     private final Context parent;

src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/hdl/hgs/Parser.java

@@ -548,6 +548,8 @@ public class Parser {
                 return exp;
             case OPENBRACE:
                 return parseStructLiteral();
+            case OPENSQUARE:
+                return parseListLiteral();
             case FUNC:
                 FirstClassFunction func = parseFunction();
                 return c -> new FirstClassFunctionCall(func, c);
@@ -556,6 +558,25 @@ public class Parser {
         }
     }
 
+    private Expression parseListLiteral() throws IOException, ParserException {
+        ArrayList<Expression> al = new ArrayList<>();
+        while (true) {
+            if (tok.peek() == CLOSEDSQUARE) {
+                tok.consume();
+                return c -> {
+                    ArrayList<Object> l = new ArrayList<>();
+                    for (Expression e : al)
+                        l.add(e.value(c));
+                    return l;
+                };
+            } else {
+                al.add(parseExpression());
+                if (tok.peek() == COMMA)
+                    tok.consume();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     private Expression parseStructLiteral() throws IOException, ParserException {
         StructLiteral sl = new StructLiteral();
         while (true) {

src/test/java/de/neemann/digital/hdl/hgs/ParserTest.java

@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ public class ParserTest extends TestCase {
         assertEquals("Hello 9876543210 World!", c.toString());
 
         c = exec("<? " +
-                "a:=newList(); " +
+                "a:=[];" +
                 "for (i:=0;i<10;i++) a[i]:=i; " +
                 "for (i:=0;i<10;i++) a[i]=9-i; " +
                 "for (i:=0;i<10;i++) print(a[i]); " +
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public class ParserTest extends TestCase {
         assertEquals("9876543210", c.toString());
 
         c = exec("<? " +
-                "a:=newList(); " +
+                "a:=[]; " +
                 "for (i:=0;i<5;i++) {" +
                 "  for (j:=0;j<5;j++) a[i*5+j]:=i*j; " +
                 "}" +
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ public class ParserTest extends TestCase {
     }
 
     public void testParseTemplateArray() throws IOException, ParserException, HGSEvalException {
-        Context c = exec("<? a:=newList(); a[0]:=1; a[1]:=7; print(a[1], \",\" ,sizeOf(a)); ?>;");
+        Context c = exec("<? a:=[]; a[0]:=1; a[1]:=7; print(a[1], \",\" ,sizeOf(a)); ?>;");
         assertEquals("7,2;", c.toString());
         Object lo = c.getVar("a");
         assertTrue(lo instanceof List);
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ public class ParserTest extends TestCase {
     }
 
     public void testParseTemplateArray2() throws IOException, ParserException, HGSEvalException {
-        Context c = exec("<? a:=newList(1,7); print(a[1], \",\" ,sizeOf(a)); ?>;");
+        Context c = exec("<? a:=[1,7]; print(a[1], \",\" ,sizeOf(a)); ?>;");
         assertEquals("7,2;", c.toString());
         Object lo = c.getVar("a");
         assertTrue(lo instanceof List);
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ public class ParserTest extends TestCase {
                 new Context().declareVar("a", 3)).toString());
 
         assertEquals("18", exec("<? m:={f:func(a){return {v:a*a+2};}};  print(m.f(4).v);?>").toString());
-        assertEquals("18", exec("<? m:=newList(); m[0]:=func(a){ l:=newList(); l[0]:=a*a+2; return l;};  print(m[0](4)[0]);?>").toString());
+        assertEquals("18", exec("<? m:=[func(a){ return [a*a+2];}];  print(m[0](4)[0]);?>").toString());
 
         failToEval("<? return 1; ?>", new Context());
         failToEval("<? f:=func(a){return a;}; f(1)=5; ?>", new Context());

src/test/resources/dig/test/generics/inverterConfig.dig

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
       <elementAttributes>
         <entry>
           <string>generic</string>
-          <string>this.inverterConfig=newList(&quot;D&quot;);</string>
+          <string>this.inverterConfig=[&quot;D&quot;];</string>
         </entry>
       </elementAttributes>
       <pos x="0" y="-100"/>