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doc: add new literal syntaxen to cheatsheet
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Specifically, double float, raw string, multi-line string, and underscores in numeric
literals.
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cgay committed Jan 29, 2025
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| Numbers | .. code-block:: dylan | * :drm:`Numbers` (syntax) |
| | | * :drm:`<number>` |
| | 42 // A decimal integer | |
| | #b101010 // A binary integer | |
| | 42 // A decimal integer | * :drm:`<integer>` |
| | 1_000 // A decimal integer | * :drm:`<single-float>` |
| | #b101010 // A binary integer | * :drm:`<double-float>` |
| | #o52 // An octal integer | |
| | #x2A // A hexadecimal integer | |
| | -42.5 // A floating point number | |
| | 6.02E23 // A floating point number | |
| | -42.5 // A single float | |
| | 6.02E23 // A single float | |
| | 6.02d23 // A double float | |
+----------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------------+
| Strings | .. code-block:: dylan | |
| Strings | .. code-block:: dylan | * :drm:`<character>` |
| | | * :drm:`<string>` |
| | 'a' // A character | * :drm:`<character>` |
| | 'a' // A character | * `DEP 12`_ |
| | "Hello" // A simple string | |
| | "Hello\n" // An escape sequence | |
| | // Equivalent to "abc\ndef": | |
| | """ | |
| | abc | |
| | def | |
| | """ | |
| | #r"ab\" // The raw string ab\ | |
+----------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------------+
| Symbols | .. code-block:: dylan | * :drm:`<symbol>` |
| | | |
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| Collections | .. code-block:: dylan | * :drm:`<pair>` |
| | | * :drm:`<list>` |
| | #(1 . "one") // A literal <pair> | * :drm:`<vector>` |
| | #(1, 2, 3) // A literal <list> | |
| | #[1, 2, 3] // A literal <vector> | |
| | #(1 . "one") // A literal pair | * :drm:`<vector>` |
| | #(1, 2, 3) // A literal list | * :drm:`<string>` |
| | #[1, 2, 3] // A literal vector | |
| | "123" // A literal string | |
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.. _DEP 12: /proposals/dep-0012-string-literals.html


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