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diff --git a/docs/doc/context.html b/docs/doc/context.html index b4c5616f..8d108e5f 100644 --- a/docs/doc/context.html +++ b/docs/doc/context.html @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ </tr> </tbody> </table> -<p>Unlike variables, BQN primitives have only one spelling, and a fixed role (but their values can be used in a different role by storing them in variables). Superscript glyphs <code><span class='Modifier'>˜¨˘⁼⌜´`</span></code> are used for 1-modifiers, and glyphs <code><span class='Modifier2'>∘○⊸⟜⌾⊘◶⚇⎉⍟</span></code> with an unbroken circle are 2-modifiers. Other primitives are functions. String and numeric literals are subjects.</p> +<p>Unlike variables, BQN primitives have only one spelling, and a fixed role (but their values can be used in a different role by storing them in variables). Superscript glyphs <code><span class='Modifier'>˜¨˘⁼⌜´˝`</span></code> are used for 1-modifiers, and glyphs <code><span class='Modifier2'>∘○⊸⟜⌾⊘◶⚇⎉⍟</span></code> with an unbroken circle are 2-modifiers. Other primitives are functions. String and numeric literals are subjects.</p> <p>BQN's variables use another system, where the spelling indicates how the variable's value is used. A variable spelled with a lowercase first letter, like <code><span class='Value'>var</span></code>, is a subject. Spelled with an uppercase first letter, like <code><span class='Function'>Var</span></code>, it is a function. Underscores are placed where operands apply to indicate a 1-modifier <code><span class='Modifier'>_var</span></code> or 2-modifier <code><span class='Modifier2'>_var_</span></code>. Other than the first letter or underscore, variables are case-insensitive.</p> <p>The associations between spelling and syntactic role are considered part of BQN's <a href="../spec/token.html">token formation rules</a>.</p> <p>One rule for typing is also best considered to be a pre-parsing rule like the spelling system: the role of a brace construct <code><span class='Brace'>{}</span></code> with no header is determined by which special arguments it uses: it's a subject if there are none, but a <code><span class='Value'>𝕨</span></code> or <code><span class='Value'>𝕩</span></code> makes it at least a function, an <code><span class='Function'>𝔽</span></code> makes it a 1- or 2-modifier, and a <code><span class='Function'>𝔾</span></code> always makes it a 2-modifier.</p> |