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c5b5d36e8b Change operator precedence (#4075)
Update the operator precedence to achieve a few goals:

-   Form operators into groups which behave similarly
- Make the group of operators ("top-level operators") that capture
everything to the right, like `if`...`then`...`else`, behave similarly
to the left, so that rearranging expressions won't change how they
group.
- Add the `where` operator, used to specify constraints on facet types,
to the precedence chart, to define how it interacts with other
operators.
- Make the operator precedence diagram prettier, so that it eventually
can be made into a poster that Carbon programmers can hang on their
walls.

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Co-authored-by: Josh L <josh11b@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Richard Smith <richard@metafoo.co.uk>
2024-08-10 00:15:37 +00:00
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2024-08-10 00:15:37 +00:00
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Docs

This directory contains current, accepted documentation underpinning Carbon. These documents cover all aspects of Carbon ranging from the project down to detailed designs for specific language features.

If you're trying to learn more about Carbon, we recommend starting at /README.md.

Design

Carbon language's design and rationale are documented in the design/ directory. This documentation is intended to support the following audiences:

  • People who wish to determine whether Carbon would be the right choice for a project compared to other existing languages.
  • People working on the evolution of the Carbon language who wish to understand the rationale and motivation for existing design decisions.
  • People working on a specification or implementation of the Carbon language who need a detailed understanding of the intended design.
  • People writing Carbon code who wish to understand why the language rules are the way they are.

This is in contrast to proposals, which document the individual decisions that led to this design (along with other changes to the Carbon project), including the rationale and alternatives considered.

Project

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  • goals, and the principles and roadmap derived from those goals,
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  • how to contribute.

Guides

The guides/ directory contains to-be-written end-user documentation for developers writing programs in Carbon.

Spec

The spec/ directory contains the to-be-written formal specification of the Carbon language. This is for implementers of compilers or other tooling. This is intended to complement the interactive language explorer tool.