https://sourceforge.net/p/mortal/wiki/Syntax-Expressions/Recent changes to Syntax-ExpressionsenSun, 22 Feb 2026 02:08:47 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/mortal/wiki/Syntax-Expressions/<div class="markdown_content"><pre>--- v98 +++ v99 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ N/A | None | `(`...`)` | No | Tuple, subexpression | | `[`...`]` | No | List | | `{`...`}` | No | Dictionary (NIY) - | | <code>|</code>...<code>|</code> | Yes | Absolute value (NIY) + | | <code>|</code>...<code>|</code> | Yes | Absolute value (NIY) | | <code>||</code>...<code>||</code> | Yes | Length (NIY) 1 | Left | `.` | See note 1 | Member reference | | `?.` | See note 1 | Null-safe member reference @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ | | `is not` | See note 3 | (Dynamic) Not derived type of 18 | Prefix | `!`, `not` | Yes | Logical NOT 19 | Left | `&amp;&amp;`, `and` | Yes | Logical AND -20 | Left | <code>||</code>, `or` | Yes | Logical OR +20 | Left | <code>||</code>, `or` | Yes | Logical OR 21 | Right | `?` `:` | No | Conditional 22 | Right | `-&gt;` | No | Anonymous function (NIY) 23 | Right | `&lt;&lt;&lt;` | Yes | Receive (NIY) </pre> </div>Ove KåvenSun, 22 Feb 2026 02:08:47 -0000https://sourceforge.net073dbcecf5175f8bc5792838c8a97290304063b1https://sourceforge.net/p/mortal/wiki/Syntax-Expressions/<div class="markdown_content"><pre>--- v97 +++ v98 @@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ Precedence | Associativity | Operator | Overloadable | Description -----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|------------ -N/A | None | `(`...`)` | No | Tuple, subexpression - | | `[`...`]` | No | List - | | `{`...`}` | No | Dictionary (NIY) - | | <code>|</code>...<code>|</code> | Yes | Absolute value (NIY) - | | <code>||</code>...<code>||</code> | Yes | Length (NIY) +N/A | None | `(`...`)` | No | Tuple, subexpression + | | `[`...`]` | No | List + | | `{`...`}` | No | Dictionary (NIY) + | | <code>|</code>...<code>|</code> | Yes | Absolute value (NIY) + | | <code>||</code>...<code>||</code> | Yes | Length (NIY) 1 | Left | `.` | See note 1 | Member reference | | `?.` | See note 1 | Null-safe member reference | | `??.` | See note 1 | Auto-allocating member reference </pre> </div>Ove KåvenSun, 22 Feb 2026 02:06:59 -0000https://sourceforge.netfc5a54de4834251b3768742bfe8b92077ed69bf3https://sourceforge.net/p/mortal/wiki/Syntax-Expressions/<div class="markdown_content"><pre>--- v96 +++ v97 @@ -16,23 +16,23 @@ 1 | Left | `.` | See note 1 | Member reference | | `?.` | See note 1 | Null-safe member reference | | `??.` | See note 1 | Auto-allocating member reference - | | `(`...`)` | Yes (NIY) | Call + | Postfix | `(`...`)` | Yes (NIY) | Call | | `[`...`]` | See note 2 | Index -2 | Right | `@` | No | Metaexpression +2 | Prefix | `@` | No | Metaexpression | | `*` | No | Expansion (NIY) -3 | Left | `&lt;`...`&gt;` | No | Generic type argument -4 | Right | `(:`...`)` | No | Static typecast +3 | Postfix | `&lt;`...`&gt;` | No | Generic type argument +4 | Prefix | `(:`...`)` | No | Static typecast | | `ref` | No | Reference of | | `sizeof` | No | (Static) Size of | | `typeid` | Yes | (Dynamic) Type ID of 5 | Left | `as` | No | Dynamic typecast -6 | Left | `!` | Yes | Factorial (NIY) +6 | Postfix | `!` | Yes | Factorial (NIY) | | `~` | Yes | Inverse (NIY) | | `'` | Yes | Transpose (NIY) | | `++` | Yes | Post-increment | | `--` | Yes | Post-decrement 7 | Right | `^` | Yes | Power (NIY) -8 | Right | `+` | Yes | Copy +8 | Prefix | `+` | Yes | Copy | | `-` | Yes | Negation | | `~` | Yes | Bitwise NOT | | `++` | Yes | Pre-increment @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ | | `not in` | Yes | Not contained in | | `is` | See note 3 | (Dynamic) Derived type of | | `is not` | See note 3 | (Dynamic) Not derived type of -18 | Right | `!`, `not` | Yes | Logical NOT +18 | Prefix | `!`, `not` | Yes | Logical NOT 19 | Left | `&amp;&amp;`, `and` | Yes | Logical AND 20 | Left | <code>||</code>, `or` | Yes | Logical OR 21 | Right | `?` `:` | No | Conditional </pre> </div>Ove KåvenSat, 21 Feb 2026 23:03:48 -0000https://sourceforge.netd907c824d5bc96f9d1a2c0b813abdfb298258226https://sourceforge.net/p/mortal/wiki/Syntax-Expressions/<div class="markdown_content"><pre>--- v95 +++ v96 @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ | | `&gt;` | Yes | Greater than | | `&lt;=` | Yes | Less than or equal to | | `&gt;=` | Yes | Greater than or equal to - | | `&lt;=&gt;` | Yes | Combined comparison + | | `&lt;=&gt;` | Yes | Three-way comparison | | `~=` | Yes | Pattern match (NIY) | | `in` | Yes | Contained in | | `not in` | Yes | Not contained in @@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ 20 | Left | <code>||</code>, `or` | Yes | Logical OR 21 | Right | `?` `:` | No | Conditional 22 | Right | `-&gt;` | No | Anonymous function (NIY) -23 | Right | `:=` | See note 4 | Inline assignment - | | `&lt;&lt;&lt;` | Yes | Receive (NIY) +23 | Right | `&lt;&lt;&lt;` | Yes | Receive (NIY) | | `&gt;&gt;&gt;` | Yes | Send (NIY) + | | `:=` | See note 4 | Inline assignment 24 | None | `throw` | No | Throw exception Notes: </pre> </div>Ove KåvenSat, 21 Feb 2026 22:58:48 -0000https://sourceforge.net827910916e8514210274414b728dd3806a5a5c0chttps://sourceforge.net/p/mortal/wiki/Syntax-Expressions/<div class="markdown_content"><pre>--- v94 +++ v95 @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ Precedence | Associativity | Operator | Overloadable | Description -----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|------------ -N/A | None | `(`...`)` | Yes | Tuple, subexpression - | | `[`...`]` | Yes | List - | | `{`...`}` | Yes | Dictionary (NIY) +N/A | None | `(`...`)` | No | Tuple, subexpression + | | `[`...`]` | No | List + | | `{`...`}` | No | Dictionary (NIY) | | <code>|</code>...<code>|</code> | Yes | Absolute value (NIY) | | <code>||</code>...<code>||</code> | Yes | Length (NIY) 1 | Left | `.` | See note 1 | Member reference </pre> </div>Ove KåvenSat, 21 Feb 2026 22:55:48 -0000https://sourceforge.net6a5ee35e1aa1470b475e33989ce76a6a7b82069bhttps://sourceforge.net/p/mortal/wiki/Syntax-Expressions/<div class="markdown_content"><pre>--- v93 +++ v94 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ N/A | None | `(`...`)` | Yes | Tuple, subexpression | | `[`...`]` | Yes | List | | `{`...`}` | Yes | Dictionary (NIY) - | | <code>||</code>...<code>||</code> | Yes | Length (NIY) + | | <code>|</code>...<code>|</code> | Yes | Absolute value (NIY) | | <code>||</code>...<code>||</code> | Yes | Length (NIY) 1 | Left | `.` | See note 1 | Member reference | | `?.` | See note 1 | Null-safe member reference </pre> </div>Ove KåvenSat, 21 Feb 2026 22:55:06 -0000https://sourceforge.net0ca964921174bbc7cfefedd011dddd7fdb08da37https://sourceforge.net/p/mortal/wiki/Syntax-Expressions/<div class="markdown_content"><pre>--- v92 +++ v93 @@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ Precedence | Associativity | Operator | Overloadable | Description -----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|------------ -Special | None | <code>|</code>...<code>|</code> | Yes | Absolute value (NIY) +N/A | None | `(`...`)` | Yes | Tuple, subexpression + | | `[`...`]` | Yes | List + | | `{`...`}` | Yes | Dictionary (NIY) + | | <code>||</code>...<code>||</code> | Yes | Length (NIY) | | <code>||</code>...<code>||</code> | Yes | Length (NIY) 1 | Left | `.` | See note 1 | Member reference | | `?.` | See note 1 | Null-safe member reference @@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ 5 | Left | `as` | No | Dynamic typecast 6 | Left | `!` | Yes | Factorial (NIY) | | `~` | Yes | Inverse (NIY) + | | `'` | Yes | Transpose (NIY) | | `++` | Yes | Post-increment | | `--` | Yes | Post-decrement 7 | Right | `^` | Yes | Power (NIY) @@ -33,9 +37,9 @@ | | `~` | Yes | Bitwise NOT | | `++` | Yes | Pre-increment | | `--` | Yes | Pre-decrement -9 | Left | `*` | Yes | Multiplication (inner product, matrix product) - | | `**` | Yes | Multiplication (cross product) (NIY) - | | `&gt;&lt;` | Yes | Multiplication (outer product) (NIY) +9 | Left | `*` | Yes | Multiplication (matrix product) + | | `**` | Yes | Multiplication (dot product) (NIY) + | | `&gt;&lt;` | Yes | Multiplication (cross product) (NIY) | | `/` | Yes | Right division | | `\` | Yes | Left division (NIY) | | `%` | Yes | Remainder </pre> </div>Ove KåvenSat, 21 Feb 2026 22:53:46 -0000https://sourceforge.net5b3702145ad067f2c60d3de4b5ab6ec1c1692e69https://sourceforge.net/p/mortal/wiki/Syntax-Expressions/<div class="markdown_content"><pre>--- v91 +++ v92 @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Precedence | Associativity | Operator | Overloadable | Description -----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|------------ Special | None | <code>|</code>...<code>|</code> | Yes | Absolute value (NIY) + | | <code>||</code>...<code>||</code> | Yes | Length (NIY) 1 | Left | `.` | See note 1 | Member reference | | `?.` | See note 1 | Null-safe member reference | | `??.` | See note 1 | Auto-allocating member reference </pre> </div>Ove KåvenSat, 28 Sep 2019 11:56:33 -0000https://sourceforge.netc22d1f4343c4c22172c5ddf1c989e422c7517170https://sourceforge.net/p/mortal/wiki/Syntax-Expressions/<div class="markdown_content"><pre>--- v90 +++ v91 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ | | `~` | Yes | Inverse (NIY) | | `++` | Yes | Post-increment | | `--` | Yes | Post-decrement -7 | Left | `^` | Yes | Power (NIY) +7 | Right | `^` | Yes | Power (NIY) 8 | Right | `+` | Yes | Copy | | `-` | Yes | Negation | | `~` | Yes | Bitwise NOT </pre> </div>Ove KåvenThu, 29 Aug 2019 02:50:36 -0000https://sourceforge.net23f61a41d221637bbe6da01009334772195bacb2https://sourceforge.net/p/mortal/wiki/Syntax-Expressions/<div class="markdown_content"><pre>--- v89 +++ v90 @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Precedence | Associativity | Operator | Overloadable | Description -----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|------------ +Special | None | <code>|</code>...<code>|</code> | Yes | Absolute value (NIY) 1 | Left | `.` | See note 1 | Member reference | | `?.` | See note 1 | Null-safe member reference | | `??.` | See note 1 | Auto-allocating member reference @@ -75,7 +76,6 @@ | | `&lt;&lt;&lt;` | Yes | Receive (NIY) | | `&gt;&gt;&gt;` | Yes | Send (NIY) 24 | None | `throw` | No | Throw exception -Special | None | <code>|</code>...<code>|</code> | Yes | Absolute value (NIY) Notes: 1. The member reference operator itself cannot be overloaded, but references to certain member names can be converted to method calls by defining the members as properties. It's under consideration whether to allow redirecting references to unknown member names to some fallback method (where compilation error would otherwise result). </pre> </div>Ove KåvenThu, 29 Aug 2019 01:53:15 -0000https://sourceforge.net459d19314a1281384dae797583564f778614aee7