SyntaxOverview.md

Much of this document is still unfinished. Read at your own risk.

• Every statement in MTLang will occupy a Chunk.
• Each Chunk will correspond to a line of code in GDScript.
• All newlines and whitespace are ignored in MTLang.
• Chronology is determined from the literal call sequence.

Syntax Overview

Function Invocation

• func_name([args]) or func_name!

Variable Declarations

• variable_name<[type = 'Variant']> = value
• asdf<int> = getRandInt!

Class Declarations (with parameters)

• class class_name<[extends]> { [...] }

Object / Scene instantiation (with parameters)

• make object_name([args])
• x<Button> = make! compiles into:
  • var x:Button = Button.new();
• venue packed_scene compiles into:
  • get_tree().change_scene_to_packed(packed_scene);
• summon packed_scene compiles into:
  • get_tree().current_scene.add_child(packed_scene);

Flow Control

TODO