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+(*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
+ * Abstract Syntax Tree (aka Parse Tree)
+ *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)
+
+(* expr - Base type for all expression nodes. *)
+type expr =
+ (* variant for numeric literals like "1.0". *)
+ | Number of float
+
+ (* variant for referencing a variable, like "a". *)
+ | Variable of string
+
+ (* variant for a binary operator. *)
+ | Binary of char * expr * expr
+
+ (* variant for function calls. *)
+ | Call of string * expr array
+
+(* proto - This type represents the "prototype" for a function, which captures
+ * its name, and its argument names (thus implicitly the number of arguments the
+ * function takes). *)
+type proto = Prototype of string * string array
+
+(* func - This type represents a function definition itself. *)
+type func = Function of proto * expr