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| author | Marshall Lochbaum <mwlochbaum@gmail.com> | 2022-07-07 21:23:06 -0400 |
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| committer | Marshall Lochbaum <mwlochbaum@gmail.com> | 2022-07-07 21:23:26 -0400 |
| commit | 77c6ab5c8435c9fcde7c4742ee0e5eb06341eeff (patch) | |
| tree | 48ff9cf3b9066aea0e38111a9dc5ce92f87ebe96 /doc/arrayrepr.md | |
| parent | f14c4af888dc678eefe1de323b8fe41f7387e82b (diff) | |
Separate token and constant documentation into its own page
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diff --git a/doc/arrayrepr.md b/doc/arrayrepr.md index 205c4a44..63dba983 100644 --- a/doc/arrayrepr.md +++ b/doc/arrayrepr.md @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Now it's time to discuss ways to write arrays in a BQN program. There are three ### Strings -A **string** consists of a sequence of characters surrounded by double quotes `""`. The only rule for the characters inside is that any double quote must be escaped by repeating it twice; otherwise the string ends at that point. +A [**string** literal](token.md#characters-and-strings) consists of a sequence of characters surrounded by double quotes `""`. The only rule for the characters inside is that any double quote must be escaped by repeating it twice; otherwise the string ends at that point. "-'×%""*" @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Even special characters like a newline can appear in a string literal, so that s ### Brackets -**List notation** uses angle brackets `⟨⟩`. The contents are structurally identical to those of a [block](block.md), that is, a list of expressions [separated](syntax.md#separators) by `,` or `⋄` or newlines. Unlike a block, a list doesn't need to have any expressions: `⟨⟩` or `⟨⋄⟩` or `⟨,,⋄,⟩` will create an empty list. Other differences are that a list doesn't introduce a new [scope](lexical.md) and all of the expressions have to result in a value, not [Nothing](expression.md#nothing) (`·`). +**List notation** uses angle brackets `⟨⟩`. The contents are structurally identical to those of a [block](block.md), that is, a list of expressions [separated](token.md#separators) by `,` or `⋄` or newlines. Unlike a block, a list doesn't need to have any expressions: `⟨⟩` or `⟨⋄⟩` or `⟨,,⋄,⟩` will create an empty list. Other differences are that a list doesn't introduce a new [scope](lexical.md) and all of the expressions have to result in a value, not [Nothing](expression.md#nothing) (`·`). Entries in a list are evaluated in source order, and the value will be the list of those results. The list has a subject [role](expression.md#syntactic-role), even if it contains expressions with other roles. Any value can be an element. |
