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diff --git a/language/index.rst b/language/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..79702c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/language/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +Language +======== + +The syntax of Crowbar is designed to be similar to the syntax of C. + +A Crowbar source file is UTF-8. +Crowbar source files can come in two varieties: + +.. glossary:: + + header file + A Crowbar source file declaring types and functions. + Can be intended for internal use within a project, or to define the public API of a library. + Conventionally has the ``.hro`` file extension. + + implementation file + A Crowbar source file providing function definitions, and sometimes its own type declarations. + Conventionally has the ``.cro`` file extension. + +A Crowbar source file is read into memory in two phases: *scanning* (which converts text into an unstructured sequence of tokens) and *parsing* (which converts an unstructured sequence of tokens into a parse tree). + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + scanning + flow-control |