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Basic Scripting Patterns

Whitespace​

In abstract, padding can be done with saces ( ) or tabs (\t). However, we want to ensure a standard pattern of use tabs instead of spaces as the use of the tab character is aways better for cases of acessibility, slightly reduction in source code size and user size preference.

Statements and Line Breaks​

Statements are syntatic units that defines actions for the program to take. Statements can be direct instructins like return or statement-like expressions as function calls and conditionals.

Inside a procedure, every statement should be executed one after another in the specified order. To ensire this order is important to know where a statement beggins and ends.

In abstract, every line inside a procedure is interpreted as a sinlge statement. e.g.:

Std.Console.writeln("First statement")
Std.Console.writeln("Second statement")

When a line breaks, it means the end of this statement and the beggin of another one. However, expressions are allowed to not follow the same logic. If done right, expressions can be used to break a line without break the logic. Binary operators are a example. When a line breaks before or after it, the compiler will ignore this break. e.g.:

Std.Console.writeln("This string"
    + " is being used to break this line!")

# Is interpreted as
Std.Console.writeln("This string" + " is being used to break this line!")

Is also possible to write two expressions in the same line using a semicolon (;) character. It will emulate a line break when interpreted. e.g:

write("Hello, "); write("World!"); write("\n")

Comments​

Comments are a special syntax resource that allows a section in the script to not be included as executeable code.
Most of it uses includes documentation or fast activation/deactivation of lines or blocks of code.

Single line comments​

The # character can be used to declare the section of a line on its right as a comment.

IAm.executeable() # I am a comment!

Multi-line comments​

Enclose a section or chunk of lines with ### to declare it as a multi-lined comment.

IAm.executeable()
###
    I am a comment!
    Me too!
###