4. The Dynamic Language

TODO

4.1. Functions

• function

4.1.1. Variable Arguments

• __select
• tupled
• table-tupled
• table-call
• __unpack

4.2. Variables

• var
• :=
• =

4.3. Blocks

• do
• do-splice

4.4. Conditionals

• if
• do-if
• and or not
• == = is
• cond
• switch

4.5. Loops

• loop
• foreach
• while

4.6. Iterators

• pairs
• ipairs
• iter

4.7. Stream Processing

• map
• filter
• reduce
• zip
• explode

4.8. Modules

• require
• import-from
• package

4.9. Scopes

• using

4.10. Working with Numbers

• - + * ** / // %
• | & ^ << >> ~
• < <= > >=
• min max
• sum operator
• compound assignment
• increment / descrement

4.11. Working with Strings

• ..

4.12. Working with Tables

• .
• #
• .=
• #=
• =#
• table-each

4.13. Working with AST Lists

• ast-list-each

4.14. Infix Notation

4.15. Dot Notation

4.16. Number Formats

• 0x
• 0b

4.17. Unpacking

• multiple lua return arguments
• var-unpack
• function arguments

4.18. Exception Handling

• try
• xpcall

4.19. Types

• null? cdata? table? function? userdata? number? string?

  boolean?

• numbers
• booleans
• strings
• tables

4.20. Classes

• class?
• instance?
• super?
• method
• ->
• -->

4.21. Lua Compatibility

• _G