From d184ac5bd33dfa02b5c157d086b7dd0491aa5b1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nasr <nsrddyn@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:35:00 +0200
Subject: checkpoint

---
 source/base/base_os.h     |  3 +--
 source/base/base_string.h | 12 +++++++++---
 source/scb/scb.c          |  5 ++++-
 source/scb/scb.h          | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 4 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/base/base_os.h b/source/base/base_os.h
index 4f84d93..4357214 100644
--- a/source/base/base_os.h
+++ b/source/base/base_os.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ load_file(mem_arena *arena, const char *path)
     }
 
 
-    result = PushString(arena, sbuf.st_size);
+    result = PushString8(arena, sbuf.st_size);
 
     result.size = (u64)sbuf.st_size;
     if(result.size != 0)
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ load_file(mem_arena *arena, const char *path)
 internal string8
 write_file(const char *path, string8 data)
 {
-
     string8 result = {0};
     s32 file = open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
     if(file == -1)
diff --git a/source/base/base_string.h b/source/base/base_string.h
index c4b9f94..eb51e65 100644
--- a/source/base/base_string.h
+++ b/source/base/base_string.h
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 #ifndef BASE_STRING_H
 #define BASE_STRING_H
 
-#define PushString(arena, count) (string8){ .data = (PushArrayZero(arena, u8, (count))), .size = (count) }
-#define StringCast(data, size) (string8){(u8 *)(data), (u64)(size) }
-#define StringPCast(data, size) (string8 *){(u8 *)(data), (u64)(size) }
+#define PushString8(arena, count) (string8){ .data = (PushArrayZero(arena, u8, (count))), .size = (count) }
+#define PushString16(arena, count) (string16){ .data = (PushArrayZero(arena, u16, (count))), .size = (count) }
+#define PushString32(arena, count) (string32){ .data = (PushArrayZero(arena, u32, (count))), .size = (count) }
+
+#define String8(data, size) (string8){(u8 *)(data), (u64)(size) }
+#define String16(data, size) (string16){(u16 *)(data), (u64)(size) }
+#define String32(data, size) (string32){(u32 *)(data), (u64)(size) }
+
+
 
 #define StringFmt "%.*s"
 #define ULongFmt  "%lu"
diff --git a/source/scb/scb.c b/source/scb/scb.c
index d81f244..2a6cf43 100755
--- a/source/scb/scb.c
+++ b/source/scb/scb.c
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 #include "scb.h"
 
-s32 main(s32 argument_count, char **argument, char **env) 
+int main(s32 argument_count, char **argument, char **env)
 {
+    mem_arena *global_arena = arena_create(MiB(10));
     assert_msg(argument_count < 2, "no arguments passed to scb");
     init(argument_count, argument, env);
 
+    arena_destroy(global_arena);
+    return 0;
 }
diff --git a/source/scb/scb.h b/source/scb/scb.h
index 39f5e89..09c4852 100644
--- a/source/scb/scb.h
+++ b/source/scb/scb.h
@@ -13,23 +13,30 @@ struct config {
     string8 flags[];
 };
 
-
-internal void
-self_rebuild(const char *binary_path)
+typedef struct file_metad file_metad;
+struct file_metad
 {
+    string8     name;
+    u32         time;
+};
 
-    struct stat scb_binary_stats;
-    assert_msg((lstat(binary_path), &sb == -1),"\nlstat failed to initialize\n");
+internal b32
+is_file_modified(const char *path)
+{
+    struct stat scb_bstats;
+    s8 err = lstat(path, &scb_bstats);
+    assert_msg((err), "lstat failed.");
 
-    if(ctime(&sb.st_mtime))
+    if(scb_bstats.st_mtime)
     {
-        
+
     }
+    return 0;
 }
 
 //@documentatie: hebfjlberln
 internal void
-init(int argument_count, char **argument, char **env) 
+init(int argument_count, char **argument, char **env)
 {
     mem_arena *global_arena = arena_create(KiB(2));
     assert_msg(argument_count > 2, "no program passed");
@@ -41,20 +48,22 @@ init(int argument_count, char **argument, char **env)
 
     //- load files into buffer
     {
-
-
+        if(is_file_modified)
+        {
+            self_rebuild();
+        }
 
         //- TODO(nasr): ...
     }
 
-    if(string8_cmp(command, StringCast("doc", 3))) 
+    if(string8_cmp(command, StringCastUTF8("doc", 3)))
     {
-        //- run meta program that builds tool documentation 
+        //- run meta program that builds tool documentation
         //- hmmm how do i store the documentation
         {
         }
-    } 
-    else if(string8_cmp(command, StringCast("build", 5))) 
+    }
+    else if(string8_cmp(command, StringCast("build", 5)))
     {
 
 
@@ -75,8 +84,10 @@ init(int argument_count, char **argument, char **env)
 
         }
     }
-    else if(string8_cmp(command, StringCast("meta", 5))) 
+    else if(string8_cmp(command, StringCast("meta", 5)))
     {
         //- run the meta program
     }
+
+    return;
 }
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