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Spec §A — Appendix

A.1 Operator precedence

Tightest to loosest; binary levels are left-associative (§3.7):

LevelOperators
1:: paths · calls · .member · [index] · ! (try) · ?.
2prefix ! - await async & &mut *
3* / %
4+ -
5<< >> (span-adjacent)
6&
7^
8|
9== != < <= > >=
10is
11&&
12||

Above level 12 sit the expression forms (closures, blocks, if, match, for, let, ret, assignment), and above those the top-tier-only forms: const expr and struct initializers (§3.8).

A.2 Reserved words

async  await  borrows  const     else    enum   export  external
for    fun    if       impl      import  in     is      jump
let    macro  match    mod       mut     null   own     resource
ret    struct trait    type      use     with   true    false

Contextual (identifier everywhere else): context, sync, void, self, Self, break/continue (after jump), and the attribute names derive service extern must_use rpc trait_only doc expose platform deprecated.

A.3 Literal suffixes

i8 i16 i32 i53 u8 u16 u32 u53 f f32 f64 n: §2.3 (unknown suffixes error; i64/u64 were renamed to i53/u53). Unsuffixed: integer → i32, fractional → f64.

A.4 Lang items

Std declarations the language itself depends on:

The prelude column says whether the default (base) prelude makes the name ambient too — Option is both a lang item and a prelude member, and that is where the two ideas meet (§4.7). built-in means the language has it with no prelude at all.

ItemModuleLanguage usePrelude
primitives (bool, str, numerics, BigInt)std::boolean/string/numberliteral typesbuilt-in
List<T>std::listlist literals, forbuilt-in
Option<T>std::option?. results, view-returning lookupsbase (with Some/None)
Try, Verdict, Liftstd::operators!, ?. (§5.10)— (but Result/Ok/Err are base)
Add Sub Mul Div Rem Shl Shr BitAnd BitOr BitXorstd::operatorsoperators (§5.7)
PartialEq, PartialOrdstd::compare==/ordering (§5.7)
Iterator/Iterablestd::iteratorfor … in
Task<T>std::taskasync/await (§7.3)
Promise<T>std::promisehost-interop promises (§7.3)
Context<T>std::contextcontexts (§8)
panic, assertstd::iodivergence, vilan test