Core Concepts

This overview summarizes the most important building blocks of the current HypnoScript implementation. When you read the code or tests in the repository, you'll find exactly these concepts.

Program Structure

• Focus/Relax: Every script starts with Focus { and ends with } Relax.
• entrance: Optional block directly after Focus, ideal for setup and greeting.
• finale: Optional block before Relax, always executed (cleanup).

Focus {
    entrance { observe "Hello"; }
    // ... regular code ...
    finale { observe "Goodbye"; }
} Relax

Declarations & Types

• induce name: string = "Text"; – mutable variable.
• implant – alias for induce.
• freeze PI: number = 3.14159; – constant.
• Arrays are denoted with []: induce values: number[] = [1, 2, 3];.
• Supported types: number, string, boolean, arrays, functions, sessions. A trance type exists in the type system but is not currently actively used.

Control & Operators

• if, else if, else
• while for conditional loops
• loop supports both the infinite loop loop { ... } and a classic header loop (init; condition; update) { ... }; pendulum (...) is an alias that always requires a condition.
• snap (alias break), sink (alias continue)
• Hypnotic operators like youAreFeelingVerySleepy (==) or underMyControl (&&)
• Booleans can be toggled with oscillate flag;

Functions

• Defined with suggestion name(params): returnType { ... }
• awaken (or return) exits a function.
• Triggers use trigger name = suggestion(...) { ... } and behave like callbacks.

suggestion greet(name: string) {
    observe "Hello, " + name + "!";
}

trigger onWelcome = suggestion(person: string) {
    greet(person);
}

Sessions (Object Orientation)

• session Name { ... } creates a class.
• Fields: expose (public) or conceal (private). dominant makes fields or methods static.
• Methods use suggestion, imperativeSuggestion or dominantSuggestion (the latter enforces static).
• Constructors: suggestion constructor(...) { ... }.
• The interpreter injects this for instance methods and prevents static members from being accessed via instances (and vice versa).

session Counter {
    expose name: string;
    conceal value: number = 0;

    suggestion constructor(name: string) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    expose suggestion increment() {
        this.value = this.value + 1;
        observe this.name + ": " + this.value;
    }
}

induce c: Counter = Counter("HypnoBot");
c.increment();

Builtins

The type checker registers all standard functions. Important categories:

• Math: Sin, Cos, Sqrt, Pow, Clamp, Factorial, Gcd, Lcm, IsPrime, Fibonacci, …
• Strings: Length, ToUpper, Trim, Replace, Split, Substring, PadLeft, IsWhitespace, …
• Arrays: ArrayLength, ArrayIsEmpty, ArraySum, ArrayAverage, ArraySlice, ArrayDistinct, …
• System & Files: GetOperatingSystem, GetUsername, GetArgs, ReadFile, WriteFile, ListDirectory, …
• Time & Statistics: CurrentTimestamp, CurrentDate, Mean, Median, StandardDeviation, Correlation, …
• Validation & Utility: IsValidEmail, MatchesPattern, HashString, SimpleRandom, …

All builtins are compactly available via hypnoscript builtins.

CLI Workflow

hypnoscript lex file.hyp       # Show tokens
hypnoscript parse file.hyp     # Inspect AST
hypnoscript check file.hyp     # Type checking
hypnoscript exec file.hyp      # Execute
hypnoscript compile-wasm file.hyp -o file.wat
hypnoscript version            # Toolchain info

• --debug with the exec command starts an interactive debugger with breakpoints and stepping.
• --breakpoints sets initial breakpoints (e.g., --breakpoints 10,25).
• --watch monitors variables during debugging.
• --verbose adds additional status messages.

Where to Continue Reading

• Quick Start – Your first script step by step
• CLI Basics – All subcommands in detail
• Syntax Reference – Complete grammar
• Builtin Overview – All functions by category

With these concepts, you can read the repository code easily and write your own scripts.