Foundational Classes

Any

Universal root class for all Nex values. User-defined classes may explicitly write inherit Any.

Method	Arguments	Returns	Description
to_string	none	String	Return a user-facing string representation.
equals	other: Any	Boolean	Default equality. Arbitrary objects use identity-style equality unless they override it.
clone	none	Any	Clone the value. Built-in collections override this with deep-copy behavior.

Function

Built-in base class with deferred call-style methods.

Method	Arguments	Returns	Description
call0	none	Any	Invocation protocol for nullary function-like values.
call1..call32	arg1..argN: Any	Any	Invocation protocol for values that accept up to 32 arguments.

Cursor

Abstract iteration interface.

Method	Arguments	Returns	Description
start	none	Void	Reset iteration to the first position.
item	none	Any	Return current item.
next	none	Void	Advance to next position.
at_end	none	Boolean	Check whether iteration is complete.

Concrete runtime cursor types are documented in Cursor Types.

Comparable (deferred)

Method	Arguments	Returns	Description
compare	a: Any	Integer	Return negative/zero/positive ordering result.

Hashable (deferred)

Method	Arguments	Returns	Description
hash	none	Integer	Return stable hash code for the value.

Examples

let s := "nex"
print(s.compare("next"))          -- negative / 0 / positive
print(s.hash())

let n := 42
print(n.compare(10))               -- positive
print(n.hash())