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diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc index 792429d..2473802 100644 --- a/README.adoc +++ b/README.adoc @@ -32,17 +32,17 @@ The parser, however, does a bunch of transformations: As an example, consider the following snippet: print (if { eq? @var foo } { - quote 'Hello world\n' + values 'Hello world\n' } else { - quote 'Error\n' + values 'Error\n' }) which gets expanded to the following: ((print (if (quote ((eq? (set var) foo))) - (quote ((quote 'Hello world\n'))) + (quote ((values 'Hello world\n'))) else - (quote ((quote 'Error\n')))))) + (quote ((values 'Error\n')))))) Observe that the whole program is enclosed in an implicit pair of `{}` and that `quote` is a very powerful special form which can replace many others if needed. @@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ Retrieve or set a named variable. The syntax sugar for retrieval is `@`. Return a list made of given arguments. The syntax sugar for lists is `[]`. +`values [<item>]...` + +Return an arbitrary number of values. + `if <cond> <body> [elif <cond> <body>]... [else <body>]` Conditional evaluation, strings evaluate to themselves. |