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AWS: Amazon Web Services. This namespace contains declarative primitives resource types that implement common methods: find(), create(), delete(), converge()
1 sub-namespaces, 31 types, 25 multimethods

AWS2: Amazon Web Services. This namespace is under development. Use at your own risk. This namespace contains resource types that implement common methods: find(), create(), delete(), converge()
39 types, 24 multimethods

Doc: EXPERIMENTAL. Do not use! Defines types and methods to work with document nodes. Can be used to relatively conveniently generate HTML.
7 types, 12 multimethods

GC: Control NGS garbage collection
3 top level methods

Types

150 types, which are descendants of types listed below, are not shown for brevity

Any: Any type is parent type of all types. All objects in NGS are of type Any. F(x) ... is same as F(x:Any) ...

AtPath: Pattern that matches at given path

Backtrace: Represents stack trace

BasicType: Type for builtin types. F f(t:BasicType) ...; f(Arr)

BasicTypeInstance: A type for objects of builtin types. Children types are not displayed as this type is specially optimized.

Block: The type of the NAME variable used in syntax: block NAME BODY

Bool: Boolean type. The only objects are true and false

Branch: Pattern for trying all possible branches. Always reports positive match.

C_DIR: C language DIR type for low level directory operations. Please do not use directly unless you are extending stdlib.

c_ffi_cif: Unfinished feature. Don't use!

c_ffi_type: Unfinished feature. Don't use!

c_pthread_attr_t: Undocumented

c_pthread_cond_t: Undocumented

c_pthread_mutex_t: Undocumented

c_pthread_mutexattr_t: Undocumented

c_pthread_t: Undocumented

c_sockaddr: Undocumented
Direct subtypes: 2

c_tm: Undocumented

Capture: A pattern that captures the matching value.

CleanupPolicy: How a resource cleanup should be handled. See subtypes.
Direct subtypes: 3

CLib: C library, result of dlopen(), not used yet

Command: Undocumented

CommandRedir: Input/output redirection

CommandsPipe: Undocumented

CommandsPipeline: Undocumented

CSym: C symbol, result of dlsym(), not used yet

Diff: Represents difference
Direct subtypes: 2

Duration: Undocumented

Eachable: Parent type of all types that have each() method
Direct subtypes: 2

Exception: Represents exceptional situaution. All thrown things shouhld inherit Exception.
Direct subtypes: 10

Exit: Information about exiting, used by bootstrap and as argument to exit_hook.

Fun: Function type: native method, user defined method, or a multimethod

IfExists: Pattern for optionally present fields.

Iter: Iterator. Parent type for all specific iterator types.
Direct subtypes: 7

JsonDataViaGet: Undocumented

JsonDataViaHash: Undocumented

JWT: Undocumented

Lit: Convey that the value should be used literally, not as a pattern

LLHashEntry: Undocumented

Lock: Synchronization lock.
Direct subtypes: 1

MatchContext: Undocumented
Direct subtypes: 1

MatchResult: Successful or unsuccessful match result
Direct subtypes: 2

NamedInstances: "Named instances" are typically called enums or enumerated values in other languages.

NativeMethod: Native method type. Methods implemented in C have this type.

NgsStrComp: Undocumented
Direct subtypes: 3

NoData: Absence of data
Direct subtypes: 2

NoEmptyInit: EXPERIMENTAL! Do not use!

NormalType: Type for user-defined types. type T1; F f(t:NormalType) ...; f(T1)

NormalTypeConstructor: Default constructor for Normal types. Normal types are user-defined and some of the built-in types.

NormalTypeInstance: A type for objects of user-defined types. Children types are not displayed as this type is specially optimized.

Not: Negation. Intended use - in pattern matching.

Num: A number
Direct subtypes: 2

Path: Represents file system path such as a file, a block device, etc
Direct subtypes: 7

PatternAction: A pair of pattern and an action to execute if the pattern matches. Currently, only callable actions are supported (Fun).

Pipe: Wrapper around file descriptors returned by PIPE(2)
Direct subtypes: 2

Presence: Represents desired target configuration list item presence
Direct subtypes: 2

Process: Running or finished process

ProcessesPipeline: Undocumented

ProcessRedir: Undocumented

Program: Undocumented

Range: A range
Direct subtypes: 2

RegExp: Undocumented

Repeat: Represents repetition of a pattern (or potentially arbitrary data)

Res: Abstract resource
Direct subtypes: 2

ResetPath: Resets the path so that AtPath sees [] at this point

Result: Result of a computation
Direct subtypes: 2

Seq: Unused type

Stat: Result of stat() or lstat()

SubSeq: Undocumented
Direct subtypes: 3

TestsResults: Undocumented

Thread: Execution thread. Currently a POSIX thread.

Time: Undocumented

TmpFsObj: Undocumented
Direct subtypes: 2

Transformed: Check for pattern against transformed value

Type: Type for types. F f(t:Type) ...; f(Arr) ...

UserDefinedMethod: UserDefinedMethod type. User-defined functions/methods are Closures

Methods and Multimethods

!=: Inequality operator

!==: Non-sameness operator

!~: MultiMethod with 2 methods

"$*": String expansion handler. Called automatically for every double-quoted string that has $* components.

$(): MultiMethod with 3 methods

$[]: Same as $(top_level:: ...) - run the commands without capturing the stdout/stderr. Use the same stdout/stderr as the parent process (your script).

%: MultiMethod with 2 methods

%(): Returns cp, wihout any processing. Convenient way to pass ready-to-run Command as an argument

*: MultiMethod with 8 methods

+: MultiMethod with 16 methods

+?: Return a+b unless one of the arguments is falsy. In that case return that argument (a if both are falsy). Useful for building strings with optional parts.

-: MultiMethod with 11 methods

->experimental: Undocumented

.: MultiMethod with 13 methods

..: MultiMethod with 2 methods

...: MultiMethod with 2 methods

.=: MultiMethod with 8 methods

/: MultiMethod with 10 methods

//: Regular expression constructor.

::: MultiMethod with 4 methods

::=: MultiMethod with 2 methods

<: MultiMethod with 5 methods

<=: MultiMethod with 7 methods

==: MultiMethod with 18 methods

===: Sameness comparison.

=~: MultiMethod with 28 methods

>: MultiMethod with 5 methods

>=: MultiMethod with 6 methods

?: Filter operator. Same as calling x.filter(pattern)

[]: MultiMethod with 19 methods

[]=: MultiMethod with 10 methods

\: MultiMethod with 2 methods

``: Get command standard output. Similar to bash. Does not strip trailing new line character(s) `line:true my_command` will return the first line, stripping trailing new line character(s)

````: Get command standard output and decode() it.

abs: Absolute value of a number

access: Check whether current process has the specified access to the file. Wrapper around ACCESS(2). Throws CError.

acquire: MultiMethod with 2 methods

after_last: Split the string by delimiter and return the last part

all: MultiMethod with 2 methods

any: MultiMethod with 2 methods

apply: MultiMethod with 2 methods

Arg: MultiMethod with 5 methods

args: Get function arguments

Argv: MultiMethod with 2 methods

ArgvMatcher: Sets ARGV matching option.

assert: MultiMethod with 6 methods

assert_array: Assert actual is an Arr. Throws TestFail.

assert_baseinternal: A helper used by other assert_* methods. Please do not use directly.

assert_bool: Assert actual is a Bool. Throws TestFail.

assert_eq: Assert equality. Throws TestFail.

assert_exit_code: Assert process exits with the specified exit code. Throws TestFail.

assert_has: Assert having specific element or substring (checks with "has"). Throws TestFail.

assert_hash: Assert actual is a Hash. Throws TestFail.

assert_hash_keys: Assert actual is a Hash and it has the expected keys. Throws TestFail.

assert_hash_keys_values: Assert actual is a Hash and it has the expected keys with expected values. Throws TestFail.

assert_in: Assert element is in an array (or other Eachable1). Throws TestFail.

assert_match: Assert actual matches expected. Throws TestFail.

assert_min_len: Assert actual is of at least specified length. Throws TestFail.

assert_output_has: MultiMethod with 2 methods

assert_path_exists: Assert given path exists.

assert_resolvable: Assert given host is resolvable. Uses "dig" command line utility. Retries "times" times, sleeping "sleep" seconds in between. Throws TestFail.

assert_string: Assert actual is a string. Throws TestFail.

attrsdeprecated: Use meta() instead.

avg: Average

band: Bitwise and

basename: MultiMethod with 2 methods

before_first: Split the string by delimiter and return the last part

block: Undocumented

bootstrapinternal: Internal method. Please do not use. Main entry point. Executed on NGS boot.

bootstrap_exception_catch_wrapperinternal: Internal method. Please do not use. Runs bootstrap() and handles exceptions.

bootstrap_print_compilation_warnings: Undocumented

bor: Bitwise or

bxor: Bitwise xor

c_accept: Undocumented

c_access: Call ACCESS(2)

c_bind: MultiMethod with 2 methods

c_chdir: Call CHDIR(2)

c_close: Close a file. Uses CLOSE(2).

c_closedir: Call CLOSEDIR(3)

c_connect: MultiMethod with 2 methods

c_dlopen: Unfinished feature. Don't use!

c_dup2: Duplicate a file descriptor. Uses DUP2(2).

c_errno: Use errno macro.

c_execve: Call EXECVE(2)

c_exit: Call EXIT(3). Don't use directly unless you must. Use FatalError exception.

c_ffi_call: Unfinished feature. Don't use!

c_ffi_prep_cif: Unfinished feature. Don't use!

c_fork: Call FORK(2)

c_fstat: Call FSTAT(2)

c_getpid: Call GETPID(2)

c_getppid: Call GETPPID(2)

c_gettimeofday: Wraps GETTIMEOFDAY(2).

c_gmtime: Call GMTIME_R(3)

c_isatty: Check if file descriptor refers to a TTY device. Uses ISATTY(3).

c_kill: Call KILL(2). Global variable SIGNALS contains mapping between signals' names and values.

c_listen: Undocumented

c_localtime: Call LOCALTIME(3)

c_lseek: Call LSEEK(2).

c_lstat: Call LSTAT(2)

c_mktime: Call MKTIME(3)

c_open: Open a file. Uses OPEN(2).

c_opendir: Call OPENDIR(3)

c_pcre_compile: Throws RegExpCompileFail on errors.

c_pcre_exec: Search string for regular expression. Uses PCRE_EXEC(3). Do not use this function directly!

c_pipe: Call PIPE(2)

c_poll: Undocumented

c_pow: Raise to power

c_pthread_attr_init: Call PTHREAD_ATTR_INIT(3)

c_pthread_cond_broadcast: Call PTHREAD_COND_BROADCAST(3)

c_pthread_cond_destroy: Call PTHREAD_COND_DESTROY(3)

c_pthread_cond_init: Call PTHREAD_COND_INIT(3) with NULL as second argument (attr)

c_pthread_cond_signal: Call PTHREAD_COND_SIGNAL(3)

c_pthread_cond_wait: Call PTHREAD_COND_WAIT(3)

c_pthread_create: Call PTHREAD_CREATE(3). Not recommended for direct calls, use Thread type instead.

c_pthread_join: Call PTHREAD_JOIN(3). Not recommended for direct calls, use Thread type instead.

c_pthread_mutex_init: MultiMethod with 2 methods

c_pthread_mutex_lock: Call PTHREAD_MUTEX_LOCK(3)

c_pthread_mutex_unlock: Call PTHREAD_MUTEX_UNLOCK(3)

c_pthread_mutexattr_init: Call PTHREAD_MUTEXATTR_INIT(3)

c_pthread_mutexattr_settype: Call PTHREAD_MUTEXATTR_SETTYPE(3)

c_pthread_self: Call PTHREAD_SELF(3)

c_read: Read from a file. Uses READ(2).

c_readdir: Call READDIR(3)

c_realpath: Real path. Uses REALPATH(3).

c_recvfrom: Undocumented

c_send: Undocumented

c_socket: Undocumented

c_stat: Call STAT(2)

c_strcasecmp: Call STRCASECMP(3)

c_strcmp: Call STRCMP(3)

c_strerror: Call STRERROR(2)

c_strftime: Call STRFTIME(3)

c_strptime: Call STRPTIME(3)

c_sysconf: Undocumented

c_time: Get time as the number of seconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). Wraps TIME(2).

c_waitpid: Call WAITPID(2)

C_WEXITSTATUS: Use WEXITSTATUS macro.

c_write: Write to a file. Uses WRITE(2).

C_WTERMSIG: Use WTERMSIG macro.

cached: Cache cb results. Runs cb only once. TODO: Support arguments.

calculate_num_cols_to_show: Internal method. Please do not use.

call: Runs all handlers passing all args.

ceil: Ceil a number

cell_display_width: MultiMethod with 3 methods

chdir: MultiMethod with 2 methods

child_fd: MultiMethod with 2 methods

chr: Get character (byte) by it's ordinal value.

close: MultiMethod with 3 methods

close_reading_end: Close reading end of the Pipe

close_writing_end: Close writing end of the Pipe

code: MultiMethod with 13 methods

collector: MultiMethod with 7 methods

column: MultiMethod with 2 methods

columns: Get values in all table columns.

compile: Compile NGS source to bytecode.

config: MultiMethod with 2 methods

converge: Ensure that resources matching resource definition have given properties. This operation will do necessary changes, including creating the resource(s) if they do not exist.

copy: MultiMethod with 4 methods

count: MultiMethod with 2 methods

create: MultiMethod with 13 methods

created: Called by create() on new resources. Appends the new resources to the list and runs update(). Don't call directly.

debug: MultiMethod with 2 methods

decode: MultiMethod with 12 methods

decode_base64experimental: Undocumented

decode_hex: Decodes each two hex digits into a character (byte). Reverse of encode_hex()

decode_json: Decode (parse) JSON.

decode_uri_component: Decodes URI component, unsecaping %XX hexadecimals

deeper: MultiMethod with 2 methods

del: MultiMethod with 5 methods

delete: MultiMethod with 17 methods

descend: Descend into current data, performing all the same transformations.

dflt: MultiMethod with 8 methods

die: Write message in s to standard error and exit, printing backtrace

digest: MultiMethod with 2 methods

dir: MultiMethod with 3 methods

drop: MultiMethod with 2 methods

dump: Low-level data structure dump. Used for debugging NGS itself.

dup2: Duplicate a file descriptor. Uses DUP2(2). Handles EINTR.

dup2_reading_end: DUP2(2) reading file descriptor

dup2_writing_end: DUP2(2) writing file descriptor

duplicates: Group the items from e and return groups of more than one element

each: MultiMethod with 19 methods

each_chunkexperimental: Call cb with array of maximum length of n, repeatedly for all items of e. TODO: better doc, rename to each() to be consistent with each(Arr, Int, Fun)?

each_group_test: Undocumented

each_idx_key_val: MultiMethod with 2 methods

each_idx_val: MultiMethod with 2 methods

eachk: Iterate a Hash.

eachv: Iterate a Hash.

echo: MultiMethod with 13 methods

echo_cli: MultiMethod with 7 methods

encode: Encode data as JSON if hints say that "filename" ends with ".json"

encode_base64: MultiMethod with 2 methods

encode_hex: Encodes each character in a string as two uppercase hexadecimal digits

encode_html: Encodes HTML. Escapes &, < and > .

encode_html_attr: Encodes HTML attribute. Escapes &, <, >, " and ' .

encode_json: MultiMethod with 2 methods

encode_uri_component: Encodes URI component, escaping with %XX hexadecimal codes.

ends_with: Check whether a string ends with another string

ensure: MultiMethod with 5 methods

ensure_arraydeprecated: Optionally, wrap x in an array. Return x if it's already Arr. Deprecated. Use ensure(x, Arr) instead.

error: MultiMethod with 2 methods

exception_specific_message: MultiMethod with 10 methods

exec: MultiMethod with 3 methods

exit: MultiMethod with 2 methods

ExitCode: MultiMethod with 10 methods

expect: MultiMethod with 2 methods

fetch: MultiMethod with 5 methods

fields: MultiMethod with 4 methods

filter: MultiMethod with 10 methods

filterk: Filter hash by keys, keeping matched

filtero: Undocumented

filterv: Filter hash by values

finally: MultiMethod with 2 methods

find: MultiMethod with 25 methods

find_if_needed: Populates .resources by running .find(), if it was not done yet.

find_in_path: Finds given binary and returns it's full path. Throws ProgramNotFound if the binary was not found. Search strategy: "/" in the name of the binary means that given executable_name is a path so it's returned as-is (wrapped in Path). If PATH environment variable exists, the given directories are searched. If PATH is not set built-in value for PATH is used to search: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

finished: Undocumented

finished_ok: MultiMethod with 9 methods

first: Find first element in e that matches the pattern.

flat_map: Map and flatten. Applies mapper to each element of e, collects results, and flattens the results (one level).

flatten: Flatten one level.

floor: Floor a number

fork: Undocumented

framedexperimental: Undocumented

get: MultiMethod with 16 methods

glob: Work in progress, do not use!

global_not_found_handler: Called when reading undefined global. Implements autoloading. Searches for autoload/globals/GLOBAL_NAME.ngs in NGS_PATH WARNING: May have security implications when looking up a name from untrusted source.

globals: Get all global variables as Hash

gmtime: Low-level function. Do not use directly. Use Time type.

group: MultiMethod with 2 methods

hasdeprecated: Deprecated in favor of a any(container, pattern). Exactly same as "element in container". It's just more convenient in specific cases.

has_index: Check whether Eachable1 has the given index: -len(e) <= i < len(e)

has_nodeprecated: Deprecated in favor of a none(container, pattern). Exactly same as "element not in container". It's just more convenient in specific cases.

hash: Calculate hash value. Same function that Hash uses internally. Currently Fowler-Noll-Vo (FNV) hash function.

human_type_nameexperimental: Human readable type name for the Path type and its subtypes. TODO: find better name.

id: MultiMethod with 3 methods

identity: The identity function.

ids: Get IDs of the resources matching resource definition.

in: MultiMethod with 10 methods

index: Find index of the first value that matches the pattern. TODO: Make it work on anything with each() method. In future, will throw exception if element is not found and default is not provided. Now returns null for backwards compatibility in this case.

indexes: MultiMethod with 2 methods

inherit: Make t inherit from parent. Do not use directly. Use "type MyType(parent)".

init: MultiMethod with 145 methods

inspect: MultiMethod with 10 methods

intersperse: Insert delimiter element between each two elements in an array

ip: Get closure code instruction pointer.

is: Check whether obj is of type t. Uses same function that is used for matching arguments with method parameters when calling a method.

is not: "is not" operator. Exactly same as "not(a is b)".

is_blocked_group: Undocumented

is_subtypedeprecated: Use t <= maybe_supertype

isatty: Check whether given fd represents a TTY. Uses ISATTY(3). Throws TtyCheckFail.

join: MultiMethod with 7 methods

JsonData: MultiMethod with 20 methods

keys: MultiMethod with 2 methods

kill: MultiMethod with 3 methods

last: Find last element in e that matches the pattern.

latest: MultiMethod with 2 methods

len: MultiMethod with 14 methods

limit: MultiMethod with 3 methods

lines: MultiMethod with 11 methods

ll_hash_entry_key: Low level. Do not use directly.

ll_hash_entry_next: Low level. Do not use directly.

ll_hash_entry_val: Low level. Do not use directly.

ll_hash_head: Low level. Do not use directly.

ll_hash_tail: Low level. Do not use directly.

ll_is_global_variable_defined: Do not use directly! Check whether global variable is defined by index.

ll_maybe_wrap: Undocumented

ll_resolve_global_variable: Do not use directly! Get global variable index by name.

ll_set_global_variable: Do not use directly! Set global variable by index.

ll_thread_local: Get thread-local storage

load: Load compiled bytecode.

localtime: Low-level function. Do not use directly. Use Time type.

log: MultiMethod with 3 methods

lstat: MultiMethod with 2 methods

lte: Case-insensitive LessThan or Equal comparison for strings

map: MultiMethod with 8 methods

map_base_idxdeprecated: Deprecated. Map when there is more than one element. If there is exactly one element, it's left as is

map_idx_key_val: MultiMethod with 2 methods

map_idx_val: Map an Eachable1 to an Arr (array) of values using mapper mapper is called as mapper(INDEX, ITEM)

mapk: Map Hash keys. Build new Hash with same values as in h but keys mapped by mapper.

mapkv: Map Hash keys and values. Build new Hash with keys and values mapped by mapper.

mapo: MultiMethod with 2 methods

mapv: Map Hash values. Build new Hash with same keys as in h but values mapped by mapper.

match: Used by match EXPR { ... } construct to check whether the expression matches the case. %AUTO match EXPR { ... }

max: MultiMethod with 2 methods

maybe_print_stacktraceinternal: Do not use directly!

merge_sorted: Merge sorted arrays.

meta: MultiMethod with 3 methods

method_not_found_handler: MultiMethod with 0 methods

min: MultiMethod with 2 methods

myip: Undocumented

next: MultiMethod with 7 methods

none: Check whether there is no element in e that satisfies the given pattern. Exactly same as not(any(e, pattern)) .

nop: Do nothing

normalize_presence_list: Internal method. Please do not use. Converts Presence or Arr[something] to Arr[Presence]. Used by Res and friends.

not: MultiMethod with 2 methods

not in: "not in" operator. Exactly same as "not(a in b)"

only: MultiMethod with 2 methods

open: Open a file and set the "fd" field to the file descriptor. Uses OPEN(2). Throws InvalidArgument if file is already open. Throws FileIOFail if an underlying error occurs.

opt_prop: MultiMethod with 2 methods

ord: MultiMethod with 2 methods

params: MultiMethod with 2 methods

parent_fd: MultiMethod with 2 methods

partialdeprecated: Returns partially-applied function

partial_taildeprecated: Same as partial() but the bound arguments are last ones

partition: Partition elements in something according to the pattern into two arrays. First array contains all elements that match the pattern. The second array contains all elements that do not match the pattern.

partitionk: Undocumented

partitionv: Undocumented

peek: MultiMethod with 5 methods

pfilter: MultiMethod with 2 methods

pid: Get process ID

pmap: MultiMethod with 2 methods

pop: Pop item from an array. Removes last item in array and returns it. Throws EmptyArrayFail.

pos: MultiMethod with 2 methods

pow: MultiMethod with 2 methods

ppid: Get parent process ID

print_exception: MultiMethod with 2 methods

progressexperimental: Undocumented

ptimes: Run cb in n parallel threads. Each thread runs one cb but this might change in future (preserving the total n calls to cb).

push: MultiMethod with 10 methods

push_all: Push all elements of e into dst.

rand: MultiMethod with 7 methods

rand_uniq: Pick n random unique elements from something

read: MultiMethod with 8 methods

realpath: MultiMethod with 2 methods

reduce: MultiMethod with 2 methods

register_column: Internal method. Please do not use.

reject: MultiMethod with 3 methods

rejectk: Filter hash by keys, removing matched. See filterk().

rejectv: Filter hash by values

release: Release the lock

replace: MultiMethod with 6 methods

report: Undocumented

req_prop: Get resource property, looking up in properties first and then in anchor

require: MultiMethod with 4 methods

resolve_instruction_pointer: Resolves Instruction Pointer to source location

retry: Retry. Executes given "body" "times" times. Throws RetryFail if all calls fail and fail_cb is not provided.

retry_assert: MultiMethod with 2 methods

return: MultiMethod with 2 methods

reverse: Make new array which is a reversed given array

round: Round a number

run: MultiMethod with 4 methods

SafeStrexperimental: Don't use, subject to change, including name

set: MultiMethod with 2 methods

set_last_path_element: Undocumented

shift: MultiMethod with 4 methods

skip: MultiMethod with 3 methods

sort: MultiMethod with 3 methods

sortk: Sort Hash by keys

sortvexperimental: Undocumented

specific: EXPERIMENTAL, do not use outside of stdlib! Instantiates Path sub-type, depending on what p is

split: MultiMethod with 3 methods

srand: Seed random generator. Uses SRANDOM(3).

starts_with: Check whether a string starts with another string

stat: MultiMethod with 2 methods

status: MultiMethod with 4 methods

stdlib_aws_straighten_tags: MultiMethod with 3 methods

store: MultiMethod with 2 methods

StrForTable: MultiMethod with 4 methods

strftime: Low-level function. Do not use directly. Use Time type.

Strs: Build array of Str where each resulting string is of the form "KEY=VALUE"

subset: MultiMethod with 2 methods

sum: Calculate sum of the elements

sysconf: Undocumented

take: MultiMethod with 2 methods

tap: Call cb with val

test: MultiMethod with 2 methods

the_one: Find the only element that matches the pattern and execute given code with the value

throw_if_no_next: Private method of Iter.ngs, will be hidden in future.

time: MultiMethod with 2 methods

times: Call cb n times without arguments.

TODO: EXPERIMENTAL! Do not use!

tr: MultiMethod with 6 methods

trim: Trim whitespace

trunc: Truncate a number

typeofdeprecated: Use Type(x)

uniq: MultiMethod with 2 methods

unshift: Prepend one element to the given array

update: MultiMethod with 16 methods

users_ids: MultiMethod with 2 methods

Value: MultiMethod with 2 methods

values: MultiMethod with 2 methods

wait: MultiMethod with 2 methods

warn: MultiMethod with 2 methods

when: If val matches pat, return new_val.Value(val); otherwise return val. Use instead of older only()

width: Internal method. Please do not use.

without: MultiMethod with 5 methods

words: Split string to words. Word is any non-whitespace.

write: MultiMethod with 10 methods

zip: Make new array which aggregates elements from each of the args arrays n-th element of the new array is an array that contains n-th element of each of the given arrays If some of the arrays in args are shorter than others, they will be logically padded with null

~: MultiMethod with 8 methods

~~: MultiMethod with 2 methods