Type Hinting
Type-hinting looks like this:
local var: string = "hello world"
It works with functions too:
local function myfunc(a: string, b: string): number return tonumber(a) + tonumber(b)endprint(myfunc(1, "1")) --> This will emit a warning for argument type mismatch.
There's no effect on performance. This is implemented entirely during the compilation phase.
What types can I use?
string
number
boolean
/bool
function
table
userdata
You can also suffix a ?
to indicate nil-able types, e.g. ?string
indicates that it may be nil or a string.
info
This is a WIP feature, and it's very difficult to implement in a one-pass compiler. Allow tolerance for missing coverage, and report any bugs.