Definitions

Comments

Single lined comments start with #. Multi-lined comments are nested. They start with #{ and end with }.

Type

CTalk supports these types are primitives:

Type name	Unsigned?	Signed?	Imaginary?	Complex?
bool
size_t
any_t
char	unsigned char	signed char
short	unsigned short	signed short
int	unsigned int	signed int
long	unsigned long	signed long
long long	unsigned long long	signed long long
float			imaginary float	complex float
double			imaginary double	complex double
long double			imaginary long double	complex long double

any_t is the equivalent of a generic pointer void * in C.

Pointer to a type is written as [type]. Bounded arrays are written as [bound, bound... type]. For example, a definition like int arr[2][4] would be written as arr : [2, 4 int].

That have been said, type comes after the name. A definition like a, b, c : int is expanded into int a; int b; int c;.

Functions

Scheme: function <name> : <return type> () <statements> end function <name> : <return type> <parameters> <statements> end function <name> : <return type> <parameters>, ... <statements> end

A void returning function can be written as either function f : void or function f. The <parameters> field is never omitted, and that, to write a function that takes no parameters, it is detonated by (). By doing so, the function cannot be variadic (trailing ellipsis).

For example: The main method

function main:int argc:int, argv:[[char]]
    #{ Function called main returning int
       that takes argc (int type) and
       argv (pointer to char pointer). #}
end;