Programming Language

Nocter

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

Documentation GitHub

use std/io

func main(): i32! {
    io.print("Hello from Nocter\n")?
    return 0
}

func main(): i32 {
    let value = load_value() catch failure { fallback_for(failure.message()) }
    if value == 42 {
        return 0
    }
    return 1
}

func load_value(): i32! {
    return error.new("example.unavailable", "the primary value is unavailable")
}

func fallback_for(message: &str): i32 {
    return 42
}

use std/fmt.Format
use std/io

struct Point {
    x: i32
    y: i32
}

instance Point {
    impl Format
    method &self.try_format_into(output: &+String): void! {
        output.try_push_str("(")?
        self.x.try_format_into(output)?
        output.try_push_str(", ")?
        self.y.try_format_into(output)?
        output.try_push_str(")")?
        return
    }
}

func main(): i32! {
    let point = Point { x: 3, y: 4 }
    let message = "point = ${point}\n"
    io.print(&message)?
    return 0
}

use std/io
use std/vec.Vec

struct Point {
    x: i32
    y: i32
}

instance Point {
    operator (&self == other: &Self): bool {
        return self.x == other.x && self.y == other.y
    }
}

func main(): i32! {
    let first = Point { x: 3, y: 4 }
    let same = Point { x: 3, y: 4 }
    let other = Point { x: 5, y: 6 }
    if first != same || first == other {
        return 1
    }
    let points = Vec [move first, move other]
    if points[0] != same {
        return 1
    }
    var values = Vec [1, 2, 3]
    values[1] = 4
    if values[0] + values[1] + values[2] != 8 {
        return 1
    }
    io.print("equality found the point\n")?
    return 0
}

struct Buffer {
    values: [i32; 3]
}

instance Buffer {
    operator (&self[index: usize]): &i32 {
        return &self.values[index]
    }

    operator (&+self[index: usize]): &+i32 {
        return &+self.values[index]
    }
}

func at<C>(container: &C, index: usize): i32 where (&C[usize]): &i32 {
    return container[index]
}

func main(): i32 {
    var buffer = Buffer { values: [3, 4, 5] }
    buffer[1] = 9
    if at(&buffer, 1) != 9 {
        return 1
    }
    return 0
}

/development/std/internal/unicode/index.nct

index.nct

//! Package-private Unicode 17.0.0 property and default-casing lookup.
//!
//! Generated representation stays behind this semantic contract. Public text modules consume
//! property answers and scalar mappings without knowing table names, ranges, or offset encoding.

see ./lookup.nct

pub(/) noalloc func is_whitespace(value: u32): bool

pub(/) noalloc func is_alphabetic(value: u32): bool

pub(/) noalloc func is_lowercase(value: u32): bool

pub(/) noalloc func is_uppercase(value: u32): bool

pub(/) noalloc func is_decimal_digit(value: u32): bool

/// Internal support for the Unicode `Final_Sigma` context predicate.
pub(/) noalloc func is_cased(value: u32): bool

/// Internal support for skipping Unicode case-ignorable scalars in contextual casing.
pub(/) noalloc func is_case_ignorable(value: u32): bool

/// Returns the full default lowercase mapping, or `none` when the scalar is unchanged.
/// `final_sigma` selects the locale-independent `Final_Sigma` rule when it applies.
pub(/) noalloc func lowercase_mapping(value: u32, final_sigma: bool): &[u32]?

/// Returns the full default uppercase mapping, or `none` when the scalar is unchanged.
pub(/) noalloc func uppercase_mapping(value: u32): &[u32]?