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Version: 1.15.6

Keywords

Keywords are reserved words that cannot be used as names in declarations. In some cases you can escape keywords to use them as variables or record fields.

Escaping keywords​

Keywords cannot be used as variables or record fields. If you need to use a keyword as a variable, you can prefix it with @, like so:

const @from = ("tz1fakefakefakefakefakefakefakcphLA5" as address)

However, you cannot escape decorators in this way because the convention of escaping a keyword with the @ symbol conflicts with that of decorators, as found in JavaScript. For example, @entry is invalid as a variable.

List of keywords​

JsLIGO's keywords are the following:
  • as
  • break
  • case
  • const
  • continue
  • contract_of
  • default
  • do
  • else
  • export
  • false
  • for
  • from
  • function
  • if
  • implements
  • import
  • interface
  • let
  • match
  • namespace
  • of
  • parameter_of
  • return
  • switch
  • true
  • type
  • when
  • while
  • @entry
  • @deprecated
  • @dyn_entry
  • @inline
  • @view
  • @no_mutation
  • @private
  • @public
  • @hidden
  • @thunk
  • @annot
  • @layout