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Vogue programming language & framework
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Basic System Structure
A Vogue system is a database of interlinked instances and their persistent data. Two things are required to start: A group (usually a directory) of vogue modules that a system knows, and a database to load from or create (usually in the form of a single file).
At the initial creation of a Vogue system, if there is no database to load from, any template module with the singleton directive will have an instance created of itself, without any predefined parameters.
When a database is loaded, all instances who's template module has the keepalive directive will be restored.
Keepalive Directive
The keepalive directive is used to describe that a module should always remain in memory. This directive applies only to instances. This means that if no instances exist of a particular template module with the keepalive directive, then no instances will be restored.
keepalive;
Singleton Directive
The singleton directive is used to describe a template module which should always have an instance of itself in memory. If one does not exist, it will be created. A system will never be running in a state where a template module which has a singleton directive does not have a corresponding instance.
The singleton directive implies the keepalive directive.
singleton;
Functions
functions can be referred to in other functions with or without the this. prefix. Use the prefix to disambiguate if local variables exist with the same identifier.
functionName (param1, param2) {
// javacsript code
}
anotherFunction {
// javascript code
}
Restore
Restore is a special function that is invoked when an instance is created or awoken.