include¶

An "include" directive imports the definitions from another file, named relative to the current file.

 include "filename.tan"

class¶

A "class" definition defines the set of methods, events and properties defined by a named class.

 class N {
    ...
 }

The contents of the class block will be a list of "method", "event", "prop" and "isa" declarations.

struct¶

A "struct" definition defines the list of fields contained within a named structure type.

 struct N {
    ...
 }

The contents of the struct block will be a list of "field" declarations.

method¶

A "method" declaration defines one method in the class, giving its name (N) and types of its arguments and and return (T).

 method N(T, T, ...) -> T;

event¶

An "event" declaration defines one event raised by the class, giving its name (N) and types of its arguments (T).

 event N(T, T, ...);

prop¶

A "prop" declaration defines one property supported by the class, giving its name (N), dimension (D) and type (T). It may be declared as a "smashed" property.

 [smashed] prop N = D of T;

Scalar properties may omit the "scalar of", by supplying just the type

 [smashed] prop N = T;

isa¶

An "isa" declaration declares a superclass of the class, by its name (C)

 isa C;

Types¶

The following basic type names are recognised

 bool int str obj any
 s8 s16 s32 s64 u8 u16 u32 u64

Aggregate types may be formed of any type (T) by

 list(T) dict(T)

make_class¶

   $class = $parser->make_class( name => $name )

Return a new instance of Tangence::Meta::Class to go in a package. The parser will call "define" on it.

make_struct¶

   $struct = $parser->make_struct( name => $name )

Return a new instance of Tangence::Meta::Struct to go in a package. The parser will call "define" on it.

make_method¶

   $method = $parser->make_method( %args )

make_event¶

   $event = $parser->make_event( %args )

make_property¶

   $property = $parser->make_property( %args )

Return a new instance of Tangence::Meta::Method, Tangence::Meta::Event or Tangence::Meta::Property to go in a class.

make_argument¶

   $argument = $parser->make_argument( %args )

Return a new instance of Tangence::Meta::Argument to use for a method or event argument.

make_field¶

   $field = $parser->make_field( %args )

Return a new instance of Tangence::Meta::Field to use for a structure type.

make_type¶

   $type = $parser->make_type( $primitive_name )
   $type = $parser->make_type( $aggregate_name => $member_type )

Return an instance of Tangence::Meta::Type representing the given primitive or aggregate type name. An implementation is allowed to use singleton objects and return identical objects for the same primitive name or aggregate and member type.