proc delete_error() -> void {
    using Globals::error;

    if (error) {
        free(error);
        error = nullptr;
    }
}

proc create_error(const char* c_file_name, int c_file_line, Lisp_Object* type, String* message) -> void {
 
    printf("Error created in:\n%s:%d\n", c_file_name, c_file_line);

    delete_error();
    debug_break();

    using Globals::error;
    error = new(Error);
    error->type = type;
    error->message = message;
}


proc create_error(const char* c_file_name, int c_file_line, Lisp_Object* type, const char* format, ...) -> void {
    // HACK(Felix): the length of all error strings is 200!!!!!!!!!!

    int length = 200;
    String* formatted_string = Memory::create_string("", length);

    int written_length;
    va_list args;
    va_start(args, format);
    written_length = vsnprintf(&formatted_string->data, length, format, args);
    va_end(args);

    formatted_string->length = written_length;

    create_error(c_file_name, c_file_line, type, formatted_string);
}

// proc Error_Type_to_string(Error_Type type) -> const char* {
//     switch (type) {
//     case Error_Type::Assertion_Error:           return "Assertion failed";
//     case Error_Type::File_Not_Found:            return "File not found";
//     case Error_Type::Ill_Formed_Arguments:      return "Evaluation-error: Ill formed arguments";
//     case Error_Type::Ill_Formed_Lambda_List:    return "Evaluation-error: Ill formed lambda list";
//     case Error_Type::Ill_Formed_List:           return "Evaluation-error: Ill formed list";
//     case Error_Type::Not_A_Function:            return "Evaluation-error: Not a function";
//     case Error_Type::Not_Yet_Implemented:       return "Evaluation-error: Not yet implemented";
//     case Error_Type::Symbol_Not_Defined:        return "Evaluation-error: Symbol not defined";
//     case Error_Type::Syntax_Error:              return "Syntax Error";
//     case Error_Type::Trailing_Garbage:          return "Evaluation-error: Trailing garbage following expression";
//     case Error_Type::Type_Missmatch:            return "Evaluation-error: Type Missmatch";
//     case Error_Type::Unbalanced_Parenthesis:    return "Parsing-error: Unbalanced parenthesis";
//     case Error_Type::Unexpected_Eof:            return "Parsing-error: Unexpected EOF";
//     case Error_Type::Unknown_Keyword_Argument:  return "Evaluation-error: Unknown keyword argument";
//     case Error_Type::Wrong_Number_Of_Arguments: return "Evaluation-error: Wrong number of arguments";
//     case Error_Type::Out_Of_Memory:             return "Runtime-error: Out of memory";
//     default:                                    return "this error type doesn't have a desciption..";
//     }
// }

// proc assert_type(Lisp_Object* node, Lisp_Object_Type type) -> void {
//     if (!node) {
//         create_generic_error(
//             "The node where the type should have"
//             "been checked was nullptr.");
//         return;
//     }

//     if (node->type != type)
//         create_type_missmatch_error(
//             ""
//             );
// }