Programming Language

Nocter

A self-contained systems language built around simplicity, encapsulation, and foolproof design.

Documentation GitHub

use std/io.print

func greet(user: User): void! {
    let name = user.display.name() otherwise { "guest" }

    let tone = match user.presence {
        Presence.online { "hello" }
        Presence.away { "welcome back" }
    }

    print("${tone}, ${name}\n")?
}

interface Writer {
    pub method &+self.write(bytes: &[u8]): void!
}

func save_log(output: &+Writer, events: &[Event]): void! {
    for event in events {
        output.write(event.message().bytes())?
        output.write("\n".bytes())?
    }
}

pub struct Session {
    id: SessionId
    user: User
    expires_at: Time
}

pub func Session.start(user: User, clock: &Clock): Session {
    return Session {
        id: SessionId.new(),
        user: move user,
        expires_at: clock.now().plus_minutes(30),
    }
}

func consume(values: Vec<String>): void! {
    for value in move values {
        print(value.view())?
    }
}

construct NonEmptyList<T> {
    pub default literal [](...items: T): Self from items {
        var list = Self.new()

        for item in items {
            list.push(move item)
        }

        return move list
    }
}

/development/compiler/tests/fixtures/source_corpus/invalid/match-non-enum.nct

match-non-enum.nct

// Invalid: `match` requires an enum value.
enum AppError {
    missing_path
}

func main(): i32 {
    match 1 {
        AppError.missing_path {
            return 1
        }
    }

    return 0
}