This file contains all the data types, and how to declare and use them.
These are 64 bit integers, ranging from -263 to 263 - 1.
<number>All binary and unary operations are possible on these numbers. Any non-zero integer is truthy.
Integers cannot be indexed by any type.
These are 64 bit floating point numbers.
<number>.<number>
<number>. <--- equivalent of <number>.0
.<number> <--- equivalent of 0.<number>All binary and unary operations are possible on these numbers. Any non-zero float is truthy.
Floats cannot be indexed by any type.
A simple boolean value: true or false
true
falseNon arithmetic binary and unary operations are possible on booleans.
Obviously true is truthy and false is not.
Booleans cannot be indexed by any type.
A range of 2 integers.
<stmt>..<stmt>Since ranges are only between numbers, the statements must result in integers or else it will result in a type error.
Non arithmetic binary and unary operations are possible on ranges. Any non empty range is truthy, i.e. start != end.
Ranges have 2 properties present on it.
'start'- The start of the range'end'- The start of the range
Strings are a mutable sequence of characters. Strings support unicode characters as well.
'...'
"..."
'escape\' with backslash'Non arithmetic binary and unary operations are possible on strings. The plus operator also acts as a concatenation operator joining 2 strings. Any non empty string is truthy.
Strings can be indexed using the following types:
int- Gives the character at the nth indexrange- Gives the substring in that range
Strings have 1 property present on it.
'len'- The length of the string
When indexing with
ints andranges, a negative integer means index from the back, similar to python
Lists are a mutable sequence of values. They elements of the list do not need to be of a specific type, but can be any type. Any non empty list is truthy.
[<stmt>, ...]Non arithmetic binary and unary operations are possible on strings. The plus operator also acts as a concatenation operator joining 2 lists.
Lists can be indexed using the following types:
int- Gives the character at the nth indexrange- Gives the sublist in that range
Lists have 3 properties present on it.
'len'- The length of the list'push'- An inbuilt function to add a element to the back of the list'pop'- Remove he last element from the list. If the list is empty this will error.
When indexing with
ints andranges, a negative integer means index from the back, similar to python
Objects are key value pairs where keys are strings and the value can be any type.
{}
^^-- Empty object
{
<ident>: <stmt>, [1]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-- Syntactic sugar for `"<ident>": <stmt>`
<ident>, [2]
^^^^^^^-- Syntactic sugar for `"<ident>": <ident>`
<ident>(<ident>, ...) { ... }, [3]
.-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
'-- Syntactic sugar for `"<ident>": fn(<stmt>, ...) { ... }`
note: there should **no** fn keyword
<stmt>: <stmt>, [4]
^^^^^^-- This statement **must** result in a string.
}All key values pairs must be separated with commas, and can have an optional comma after the last pair.
Due to parsing limitations, for the first key, the following limitations apply:
- [2] -
<ident>must be followed with a comma- [4] - key
<stmt>must not contain braces, i.e.,{and}.
Non arithmetic binary and unary operations are possible on objects. Any non empty object is truthy.
Objects can be indexed only with strings. The resultant value is the value stored with the string as key. If the corresponding key value pair does not exist, it throws an error.
Functions represent an immutable callable object.
Refer here
Non arithmetic binary and unary operations are possible on functions. All functions are truthy, but the value they return when called need not be.
Functions have 3 properties present on it.
'call'- This is a function that can be called call the function.
null represents no value. It is what is returned by statements when
there is no other sensible thing to return.
Currently there is no specific way to declare null values.
Non arithmetic binary and unary operations are possible on nulls. Null is falsy.
Null cannot be indexed by any types.