From 880f3e60cefaa88bce8f8a832a74f73730648971 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Qrakhen <filosofem.dave@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:02:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add some very basic foundation for static typing

---
 Qrakhen.Qamp.Core/Values/Objects/Obj.cs |  2 +-
 Qrakhen.Qamp.Core/Values/Value.cs       | 14 ++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Qrakhen.Qamp.Core/Values/Objects/Obj.cs b/Qrakhen.Qamp.Core/Values/Objects/Obj.cs
index ce37a71..58af599 100644
--- a/Qrakhen.Qamp.Core/Values/Objects/Obj.cs
+++ b/Qrakhen.Qamp.Core/Values/Objects/Obj.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace Qrakhen.Qamp.Core.Values.Objects;
 
-public class Obj(ValueType type) : IValue
+public class Obj(ValueType type) : IDynamicValue
 {
    public bool __gcMarked = false;
    public int __gcCount = 1;
diff --git a/Qrakhen.Qamp.Core/Values/Value.cs b/Qrakhen.Qamp.Core/Values/Value.cs
index c4dc70a..2e9899d 100644
--- a/Qrakhen.Qamp.Core/Values/Value.cs
+++ b/Qrakhen.Qamp.Core/Values/Value.cs
@@ -7,13 +7,21 @@ using T = Qrakhen.Qamp.Core.Values.ValueType;
 
 namespace Qrakhen.Qamp.Core.Values;
 
-public interface IValue
+public interface IValue<T>
+{
+   T Data { get; }
+}
+
+public interface IDynamicValue : IValue<ulong>
 {
    T ValueType { get; }
 }
 
 [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit, Size = 0x10)]
-public readonly struct Value : IValue, ISerialize<Value>, IDebug<string>
+public readonly struct Value : 
+   IDynamicValue,   
+   ISerialize<Value>, 
+   IDebug<string>
 {
    public static readonly Value Void = new Value();
    public static readonly Value True = new Value(true);
@@ -28,6 +36,8 @@ public readonly struct Value : IValue, ISerialize<Value>, IDebug<string>
    [FieldOffset(0x00)] [Serialized] public readonly Ptr     Ptr;
    [FieldOffset(0x00)] [Serialized] public readonly Ref     Ref;
 
+   public ulong Data => Unsigned;
+
    [FieldOffset(0x08)] [Serialized] public readonly T       Type;
 
    [FieldOffset(0x0c)] [Serialized] public readonly uint    Meta; // like lengths of arrays or lists