From f8037a1f9991ad0dbe1120d91f5089a0e3355e9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Shubin <james@shubin.ca>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:53:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] lang: types: Add a small helper function for common type
 conversions

---
 lang/types/util.go | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lang/types/util.go b/lang/types/util.go
index 32c33c9a..802a20b4 100644
--- a/lang/types/util.go
+++ b/lang/types/util.go
@@ -216,3 +216,16 @@ type UnifiedState struct {
 func (obj *UnifiedState) String(typ *Type) string {
 	return typ.string(obj.table)
 }
+
+// ListStrToValue is a simple helper function to convert from a list of strings
+// in golang to the equivalent in our type system.
+func ListStrToValue(input []string) Value {
+	l := NewList(TypeListStr)
+	for _, x := range input {
+		v := &StrValue{
+			V: x,
+		}
+		l.V = append(l.V, v) // be more efficient than using .Add(...)
+	}
+	return l
+}