@ for class names and $ within strings
Monkey Forums/Monkey Beginners/@ for class names and $ within strings
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What does an '@' mean in front of a class name?Class @Object Extends Null="Object" ' found in modules/monkey/lang.monkey End What is '$' used for when declaring external functions/methods? Function Print( message$ )="$print" ' what is the different between "print" and "$print"? Method ToChars:Int[]()="$tochars" What is the different between "print" and "$print" for the external name? |
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| for clarification: i think this is for Externs only. the @ symbol stops other classes from extending it. i don't know what the $ does. experiment a bit and let us know what it does. |
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| Aren't the $functionname bits special function names only for the compiler to handle. Note: For future readers, an explanation of the 'Extends Null' part can be found here, go down to post 5 and below to find the answer. |
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| I'm writing a library, that's why I would like to know everything that could be useful. '$' for external functions/methods seems to have to do with debugging. For the above "Print" with external "$print" there are 2 external functions available: "print()" and "dbg_print()". When I add '$' to my own external function declaration, Monkey X just crashes at compile time. TRANS monkey compiler V1.64 Parsing... Semanting... Translating... /Users/danilo/Projects/Monkey/theProject/theProject.monkey<126> : Internal error Monkey Runtime Error : /Users/danilo/Projects/Monkey/theProject/theProject.monkey<126> : Internal error |
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