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The Valkyrie language uses # for line comments, #! for shebangs, #? for documentation comments.

#! /usr/bin/env vk

# This is a line comment

#? This is a documentation comment
type MyResult<T = ()> = Result<T, MyError>

Literals

Here are some primitive types:

Atom	Example
Boolean	true, false
Integer	0, 0u8, 0int
Decimal	0.0, 0.0f32, 0.0dec
Character	'n', '\n'
String	"", "Hello world!"

Here are some common collections:

Collection	Example
List	List(), [1, 2, 3]
Dict	Dict(), [a: 1, z: 26]
Tuple	(), (1,), (1, "Hello")
Option	None, Some(1)
Result	Success(1), Failure("Error")

Literal polymorphism

The content represented by the literal value will be affected by the type on the left

let string: str = "c"
let char: char = "c"
let list: List[String] = []
let dict: Dict[String] = []