Type Coercion

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WIP

Known type coercion rules:

  • null * 3 == #@!$ — Any statement that begins with `null` is a compiler error, but this may change in the future.

(null) is okay though.

  • 3 * null == 0 — Multiplying by null yields 0.
  • 3 / null == Infinity — In division, null acts a lot like 0.
  • 3 + "3" == "33" — If an expression contains a string, the entire expression will be coerced into a string.
  • "3" * 5 == "33333" — Multiplying a string by a number will replicate the string.
  • "1234" / 2 == "12" — Dividing a string by a number will divide the length, then take a substring.
  • 1/0 == "INF" | "Infinity" — All numerical math is done according to standard IEEE floating-point rules, including well-defined behavior for Inf and NaN. However, conversion of Inf and NaN to a string is undefined (implementation-dependent).