Veila

Syntax

Source code structure

Declarations and assignments

Shadowing

Code organization

Type system

Code style

Unicode

For visual consistency, Veila uses Unicode characters where other languages may use a series of ASCII characters to simulate them.

Naming conventions

Identifier style

In Veila, words in identifiers are joined using hyphens, also known as kebab case.

Lowercase letters are typically used, but acronyms and proper nouns are capitalized as in natural language. For example:

make-HTTP-request
Boolean

Function names

Function names may use nouns or verbs in their names. Some functions come in pure/impure pairs, which are distinguished by an exclamation mark for the latter. For example, map returns a new list, while map! modifies the list in place and returns #unit.

Type names

Traits use adjectives as their names:

printable
numerical