Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of C

Timestamp:

05/02/08 13:44:14 (17 years ago)

Author:

hopscc

Comment:

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C

@@ -26 +26 @@
  * instance variable optionally prefixed with _ (implicitly makes them private). If so prefixed can be accessed directly in methods
  * methods (and properties) invoked with leading '''this.''' or more usually just '''.'''.
+ * constructor method called init, has no return value
  
  * String type accessed as '''string''' rather than '''String'''
@@ -35 +36 @@
  * Variable specification - typing, access modifiers, argument attributes  by keyword 'as' rather than C-like syntax
     * e.g. x as int32, instVar as string public
- * typecasting by keyword 'to' as in 'x to Type' rather than (Type)x
- * 'as shared' to declare a static type
+ * typecasting by keyword '''to''' as in 'x to Type' rather than '(Type)x'
+    * cast to and away from nilable Type.
+ * '''as shared''' to declare a static type
 
  * '''<>''' instead of '''!=''' for 'not equals' comparisons
- * '''nil''' for null value
+ * '''nil''' for no object (null) value
  * Supports +=, -=, etc. It does not support ++ or -- unary operators ( use += 1 and -= 1 instead).
  
@@ -48 +50 @@
 
  * Strings delimited by single or double quotes, normal range of \c expansion ( e.g \n, \t)
- * Substitute expressions (values) directly in strings with [].
+ * Substitute expressions (values) directly in strings by enclosing with [].
     * such expressions can have optional String.format specification
  * 'Raw' Strings (r"a raw string") no escape sequence expansion
  * '!NoSubstitution' strings ( ns" no substitution [done] here") 
- * !DocStrings on classes and methods
+ * !DocStrings on Programs, classes, Instane variables, methods and properties
  * Different syntax for characters c'x'
 
@@ -61 +63 @@
     *  e.g def doCalc( start as int) as int    instead of   int doCalc( int start)
  * '''use''' keyword instead of 'using' to get access to a non default namespace
+ * ''' branch... on, on, [else]''' statement rather than c# '''case''' statement 
 
  * Slicing syntax for sequences (Lists and Strings) [start:stop:step] as well as normal library subsequence methods (substring, range, ...)