classes.md

Classes in TechScript

TechScript provides support for class-based object-oriented programming to structure state and behaviors.

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🏗️ Declaration

Use the class keyword followed by the class name, a colon :, and an indented block. Methods are declared using to name(params):. The constructor must be named init:

class Person:
    name is ""
    age is 0

    # Constructor
    to init(name, age):
        self.name becomes name
        self.age becomes age

    # Instance method
    to greet():
        say "Hello, my name is {self.name}."

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🧬 Instantiation

Classes are instantiated using the new keyword:

# Instantiate class object
bob is new Person("Bob", 25)

# Call instance method
bob.greet() # Hello, my name is Bob.

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🔒 Member Access Control

Properties and methods can be accessed directly using dot notation:

bob.age becomes 26
say "Age: {bob.age}" # Age: 26

To implement contracts and mixins, see Interfaces and Traits.