Structures

Structures (abbreviated as "struct") are a simplified class that specializes in matching a structure from C. The syntax is similar.

Unions are allowed and can be used to create custom variant classes. Bit-fields are supported. However, if you don't need to communicate with C or assembler code, you should use classes instead of bit-fields or unions. This will let the compiler optimize storage better. The features here are for when the layout of the structure is already set in concrete and can't be changed.

Structures are always by-value. You can specify constructors, however a default constructor is implied. Structs can have methods. All structs derive from Object unless you specify a base type with the inherits clause. Structs can't have virtual methods, virtual properties, derive from classes other than Object, or implement interfaces.

structure MyStruct
    derives Object ' implicit, but shown here anyways to demonstrate the derives keyword.
  string member1
  S$ = "3fs"
  constructor member1, S$
    self.member1 = member1
    self.S$ = S4

  function override toString ' toString is overriding the base type
      returns string
    return member1 + " " + S$

var MyStruct name

Structures can have bitfields and unions. For more on bitfields, see bitfield and [Bitfields]. For more on unions, see union and [Unions].