From 149c14f1151365a52668913d14ac46b7d84b77d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander McCord Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 23:55:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Minor wording changes to typecheck.md --- docs/typecheck.md | 26 +++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/typecheck.md b/docs/typecheck.md index 9564390a..abdedb13 100644 --- a/docs/typecheck.md +++ b/docs/typecheck.md @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ local a local b = nil ``` -## Functions +## Function types Let's start with something simple. @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ f(2) -- ok f("foo") -- not ok ``` -## Tables +## Table types From the type checker perspective, each table can be in one of three states. They are: `unsealed table`, `sealed table`, and `generic table`. This is intended to represent how the table's type is allowed to change. @@ -273,34 +273,34 @@ When we check the type of a value, what we're doing is we're refining the type, Using `type` comparison: ```lua -local x: string | number +local stringOrNumber: string | number = "foo" if type(x) == "string" then - local y: string = x -- ok - local z: number = x -- not ok + local onlyString: string = stringOrNumber -- ok + local onlyNumber: number = stringOrNumber -- not ok end -local y: string = x -- not ok -local z: number = x -- not ok +local onlyString: string = stringOrNumber -- not ok +local onlyNumber: number = stringOrNumber -- not ok ``` Using truthy test: ```lua -local x: string? = nil +local maybeString: string? = nil -if x then - local y: string = x -- ok +if maybeString then + local onlyString: string = maybeString -- ok end ``` And using `assert` will work with the above type guards: ```lua -local x: string | number +local stringOrNumber: string | number = "foo" assert(type(x) == "string") -local y: string = x -- ok -local z: number = x -- not ok +local onlyString: string = stringOrNumber -- ok +local onlyNumber: number = stringOrNumber -- not ok ``` ## Roblox types