Reserved words

The Jai language contains a relatively small set of reserved keywords:

Word	Brief description
Any	any type
array_add	adds an element to the specified variable length array
array_free	removes everything and deallocates memory for all the items in the specified variable length array
assert	stop execution upon the defined condition
bool	primitive logic type
break	stop a loop execution
cast	force the type conversion
continue	skip to the following iteration in the current loop
case	conditional multiple case branch operation
defer	execute the following at the end of the scope in reversed stacked order
else	alternative conditional execution
enum	declaration of a set of constants
false	boolean value
float	primitive single-precision floating-point type
for	defined length loop
if	conditional evaluation
inline	compiler directive will expand the following code inline
int	primitive integer type s32 (signed 32 bits) alias
is_constant	compile-time evaluation of a constant expression
it	current default unnamed iterated item in for loops
it_index	index of the current iterated item in for loops
null	undefined memory address
operator	overload of an operator symbol
return	returns a value or a set of values form a function
struct	aggregated data type definition statement
true	boolean value
type_of	get the type of a variable
type_info	gets a type info struct for the passed type, both inferred by the passed variable or real type.
using	compiler instruction that imports a name in the current scope
while	undefined length loop iterator

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