avail/avail.descriptor.atoms/AtomDescriptor/Companion

Companion

object Companion

Properties

falseObject

val falseObject: A_Atom

The atom representing the Avail concept "false".

trueObject

val trueObject: A_Atom

The atom representing the Avail concept "true".

Functions

createAtom

fun createAtom(name: A_String, issuingModule: A_Module): AvailObject

Create a new atom with the given name. The name is not globally unique, but serves to help to visually distinguish atoms.

createSpecialAtom

fun createSpecialAtom(name: String): AvailObject

Create a new special atom with the given name. The name is not globally unique, but serves to help to visually distinguish atoms. A special atom should not have properties added to it after initialization.

objectFromBoolean

fun objectFromBoolean(aBoolean: Boolean): A_Atom

Convert a Kotlin Boolean into an Avail boolean. There are exactly two Avail booleans, which are just ordinary atoms, trueObject and falseObject, which are known by the Avail virtual machine.