Forms of the language
The reserved heads the checker matches on — and therefore the names nothing may be called.
| Form |
|---|
. |
call |
do |
fn |
if |
kw |
list |
map-lit |
match |
quote |
record |
return |
set |
unquote |
unquote-splicing |
Doc comments
## in the Python surface and ;; in the S-expression one, on the lines immediately above a declaration. A blank line ends a run. beck fmt preserves them; an ordinary # comment it does not, because the lexer discards it.
## One item on the list.
model Todo:
## Stable for the life of the item.
id: Id
A doc comment is metadata, not a form: documenting a definition does not change the program's meaning and does not move the module's interface digest.