Operators

Operation	Syntax	Comments
Access
Scope	`a.b`	Access member `b` of object `a`.
Index	`a[b]`	Access element `b` of object `a`.
Reference	`&a`	Prevent resolution of object `a`.
Dereference	`*a`	Force resolution of object `a`.
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Manipulation
Duplication	`copy a`	Construct deep copy of object `a`.
Conversion	`a as b`	Convert object `a` to type (or type of) `b`.
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Encoding
Encode	`encode a`	Generate encoding sequence of object `a`.
Decode	`decode s`	Construct object from encoding sequence `s`.
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Execution
System Call	`call`	Invoke system call with no parameters.
System Call	`call a`	Invoke system call with one parameter.
System Call	`call (a, b)`	Invoke system call with multiple parameters.
Call	`f(a, b)`	Invoke function call `f` with parameters `a`, `b`.
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Assignment
Assignment	`a = b`	Move value of `b` into object `a`.
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Arithmetic
Absolute Value	`+a`	Absolute value of numeric `a`.
Negation	`-a`	Negated value of numeric `a`.
Addition	`a + b`	Sum of numerics `a` and `b`.
Subtraction	`a - b`	Difference of numerics `a` and `b`.
Multiplication	`a * b`	Product of numerics `a` and `b`.
Division	`a / b`	Quotient of numerics `a` and `b`.
Modulo	`a % b`	Offset of numeric `a` to modulus `b`.
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Bitwise
NOT	`~a`	Inverse of field `a`.
AND	`a & b`	Intersection of field `a`.
OR	`a \| b`	Union of field `a`.
XOR	`a ^ b`	Exclusion of field `a`.
Shift High	`a << n`	Increase significance of field `a` by `n` bits.
Shift Low	`a >> n`	Decrease significance of field `a` by `n` bits.
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Logic
NOT	`!a`	Inverse of boolean `a`.
AND	`a && b`	Short-circuiting intersection of booleans `a` and `b`.
OR	`a \|\| b`	Short-circuiting union of booleans `a` and `b`.
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Sets
Concatenation	`a + b`	Appends set `b` to set `a`.
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Comparison
Equality	`a == b`	Test `a` is equal to `b`.
Inequality	`a != b`	Test `a` is not equal to `b`.
Lesser	`a < b`	Test `a` is less than `b`.
Lesser/Equal	`a <= b`	Test `a` is not greater than `b`.
Greater	`a > b`	Test `a` is greater than `b`.
Greater/Equal	`a >= b`	Test `a` is not less than `b`.
Comparator	`a <> b`	Integer direction of `b` relative to `a`.