ooc » Glossary

application: A piece of software made to be run, e.g. a game, a command-line utility. Might use several libraries (see library).
array: Ordered, compact list of values. Can be indexed, sorted, etc. Usually fixed, e.g. you can't add or remove values from an array without resizing it.
class: Defines the structure (variables and methods) of an object.
compiler: Piece of software that transforms source code to a more primitive form, such as an executable. Example: rock.
container: An object that contains several values. Examples: an array, a list, a hash map, etc.
cover: Similar to a C struct. Can also contain variables and methods. Can be seen as a class variant.
function: Named or anonymous piece of code accepting a certain number of arguments and potentially returning a value.
generic type: Type argument in a class, cover, or argument definition that can correspond to any type. Useful to build reusable containers.
hash map: An association between keys and values. The SDK has a map structure as structs/HashMap.
library: A reusable piece of code composed of several modules and a usefile, made easy to be used from other ooc projects
list: An ordered list of values. Values can easily be added or removed from a list. The SDK has an array-backed list in structs/ArrayList and a linked list in structs/LinkedList.
module: An .ooc file is called a module. It can be imported by other modules. Modules are usually organized in packages.
object: An instance of a class.
package: A collection of ooc modules. Defined by the directory structure of an ooc project.
pointer: Reference to a certain part of memory. In fact, objects are pointers to the real thing.
project: A piece of software written in ooc: usually a library or an application, sometimes both. Contains modules organized in packages, and often a usefile that specifies dependencies, and how to compile the project.
rock: The main ooc compiler.
sourcepath: List of directories in which rock looks for ooc modules.
usefile: Describes the dependencies of a project, along with its name, version, and a short description. See Usefile Syntax
value: Usually either an object, a pointer, a number, or a String.
variable: Named memory slot that can contain a value.