schala/source_files/schala/syntax_playground.schala

fn main() {

//comments are C-style
/* nested comments /* are cool */ */

}

@annotations use the @ sigil

// variable expressions
  //variable declaration works like Rust
  let a: I32 = 20
  let mut b: String = 20

  there(); can(); be(); multiple(); statements(); per_line();

  //string interpolation
  // maybe
  let yolo = "I have ${a + b} people in my house"

  // let expressions
  let a = 10, b = 20, c = 30 in a + b + c

  //list literal
  let q = [1,2,3,4]

  //lambda literal - uses haskell-ish syntax
  q.map(\(item) { item * 100 })

  fn yolo(a: MyType, b: YourType): ReturnType<Param1, Param2> {
    if a == 20 {
      return "early"
    }
  }

/* for/while loop topics */
//TODO I can probably get away with having one of `for`, `while`

   //infinite loop
   while {
     if x() { break }
     ...
   }


   //conditional loop
   while conditionHolds() {
      ...
   }


  //iteration over a variable
  for i <- [1..1000]  {

  } //return type is return type of block


  //monadic decomposition
  for {
    a <- maybeInt();
    s <- foo()
  } return {
    a + s
  } //return type is Monad<return type of block>

/* end of for loops */



/* conditionals/pattern matching */

// `is` functions as an operator asking "does this pattern match"

x is Some(t) // type bool

if x {
  is Some(t) => {
  },
  is None => {

  }
}


 //syntax is, I guess, for <expr> <brace-block>, where <expr> is a bool, or a <arrow-expr>

 // type level alises
 type alias <name> = <other type> #maybe thsi should be 'alias'?

/*
what if type A = B meant that you could had to create A's with A(B), but when you used A's the interface was exactly like B's?
 maybe introduce a 'newtype' keyword for this
 */

 //declaring types of all stripes
 type MyData = { a: i32, b: String } // shorthand special-case for `type MyData = MyData { a: i32, b: String }`
 type MyType = MyType
 type Option<a> = None | Some(a)
 type Signal = Absence | SimplePresence(i32) | ComplexPresence {a: i32, b: MyCustomData}

 //traits TODO I probably want to rename this
 
 trait Bashable { }
 trait Luggable {
  fn lug(self, a: Option<Self>)
 }

}

// lambdas - maybe I want to use ruby-style (not rust style) syntax
// e.g.
// Also TODO Nix uses `X: Y: Z` for in its value-level syntax, why can't I?
let a: X -> Y -> Z = {|x,y|  }