Type-oriented programming/Types and properties
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Types can be viewed of bundles of properties and functions operating on them. Such functions are conventionally called methods. Here’s an example of a simple type:
type Person { property name String property age Int }
This type declaration states that the Person
type has two properties. An instance of this type can be created using a new
statement:
var p = new Person { name = "Jane", age = 18 }
The properties of a type’s instance can be accessed via the dot operator, for example:
return p.name
NB: The pseudocode can be tried out using the Funcy app, which can be downloaded for free from
Apple’s App Store (iOS/macOS),
Google Play (Android) or Amazon Appstore. The code to be executed must be placed in a main {}
block. The example above can be tried out by running the following code:
type Person { property name String property age Int } main { var p = new Person { name = "Jane", age = 18 } return p.name }