TypeChecking

Noir.TypeChecking: table

A module of Noir for checking if a value is of the correct type.

This normally would be a library, but libraries need to use this and libraries are meant to be independent of each other.

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Noir.TypeChecking._DummyClass: NoirClass

A dummy class for checking if a value is a class or not.

Used internally.

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Noir.TypeChecking:Assert(origin, parameterName, value, ...)

Raises an error if the value is not any of the provided types.

This supports checking if a value is a specific class or not too.

Parameters

• origin: string - The location of the thing (method, function, etc) that called this so the user can find out where something went wrong

• parameterName: string - The name of the parameter that is being type checked

• value: any

• ...: NoirTypeCheckingType

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Noir.TypeChecking:AssertMany(origin, parameterName, values, ...)

Raises an error if any of the provided values are not any of the provided types.

Parameters

• origin: string - The location of the thing (method, function, etc) that called this so the user can find out where something went wrong

• parameterName: string - The name of the parameter that is being type checked

• values: table<integer, any>

• ...: NoirTypeCheckingType

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Noir.TypeChecking:_FormatTypes(types)

Format required types for an error message.

Used internally.

Parameters

• types: table<integer, NoirTypeCheckingType>

Returns

• string