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@@ -1 +1,57 @@ -Oryx — Programming Made Better + Oryx — Programming Made Better + + ┌────────────────────────────┐ + │ Existing Language Features │ + └────────────────────────────┘ + +1. The following datatypes are supported. The unsigned integer types + default to the systems word size (typically 64 bits). + + i8, i16, i32, i64, i128, int + u8, u16, u32, u64, u128, uint + +2. C-style block comments. Line comments are intentionally not + included. + +3. Declaration of mutable variables with optional type-inference. The + syntax is simple and consistent regardless of if type-inference is + used or not. Variables are also zero-initialized unless ‘…’ + (U+2026 HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS) or ‘...’ is given as a value. + + x: int; /* Declare a zero-initialized integer */ + x: int = 69; /* Declare an integer and set it to 69 */ + x: = 69; /* Same as above but infer the type */ + x := 69; /* Recommended style when inferring types */ + x: int = …; /* Declare an uninitialized integer (preferred) */ + x: int = ...; /* Same as above when Unicode is not possible */ + +4. Declaration of constant variables with optional type-inference + including constants of arbitrary precision. The syntax is + intentionally designed to be consistent with mutable variable + declaration. + + Constants are unordered, meaning that a constant may refer to another + constant that is declared later in the source file. + + FOO: u8 : BAR + BAR: u8 : 69; + + REALLY_BIG :: 123'456'789'876'543'210; + + pub MyFunc :: () int { + return BAR; + } + +5. Constants of arbitrary precision (overflow is not possible), with ‘'’ + (U+0027 APOSTROPHE) as an optional digit seperator. + + REALLY_BIG :: 123'456'789'876'543'210; + +6. No implicit type conversions between types. This includes between + different integer types which may have the same size (i.e. int and + int64) + + pub MyFunc :: () { + x: int = 69; + y: i64 = x; /* Compile-time error */ + } |