Documentation

Welcome to Moth. Start with the project tool, learn the core language in order and drop into the focused pages when you need a precise rule.

The progress matrix tracks current implementation and backend coverage.

Start here

1. Getting Started
2. Language basics
3. Values and bindings
4. Numbers
5. Casts
6. Functions
7. Branching
8. Loops
9. Structs
10. Choices
11. Errors, options and assertions
12. Collections and maps
13. Templates
14. Constants and compile-time behaviour
15. Aliases
16. Generics
17. Traits
18. Reactivity
19. Memory and lifetimes

Projects and content

• Project structure
• Packages and imports
• Core packages
• Moth template files
• Plain Markdown
• Design scope

Compiler and codebase internals

• Codebase overview
• Memory management
• Design scope
• Development standards

Future design drafts

• Async