#!/usr/bin/env conlang // This is a Conlang file. // This is a function. It can be called with the call operator. // The function called `main` is the program's entrypoint fn main() -> (&str, bool, i128) { // An if expression is like the ternary conditional operator in C let y = if 10 < 50 { "\u{1f988}" } else { "x" } // A `while` expression is like the while-else construct in Python, // but it returns a value via the `break` keyword let z = while false { // do a thing repeatedly break true } else { // If `while` does not `break`, fall through to the `else` expression false } // The same is true of `for` expressions! let w = for idx in 0..100 { if idx > 2 * 2 { break idx } } else 12345; // semicolon operator required here // desugars to let w = match ((0..100).into_iter()) { __iter => loop match (__iter.next()) { None => break 12345, Some (idx) => { if (idx > (2 * 2)) { break idx } }, }, }; // A block evaluates to its last expression, // or Empty if there is none // (🦈, false, 5) (y, z, w) }