Language specification

This chapter covers the following topics:

Lexical structure

• Basic syntax
  • code comments
  • whitespace
  • splitting lines using |

Type system

• Data types
  • primitive types: BYTE, PAIR, INT, BOOL
  • type aliases using TYPE
  • function pointers
• String literals
• Arrays: fixed-size, variable-size

Execution model

• Variables: local variables, FUNC parameters, MODULE members, CLASS members
• Functions: MODULE functions, CLASS functions, assembly functions (CHOMBIT and INTRINSIC)
• Statements: assignment, function call, RETURN, LOOP/DROP/LIFT, IF, BREAK
• Expressions: literal values, operators, function-like operators such as TO_BYTE(X)

Scopes

• Modules
• Classes: member functions, inheritance, class operators (AS and CLASS_ID())

Memory management

• DATA blocks
• Storage directives: LOCATED AT, INSET, Caret types