Constructing Classes - vilinski/nemerle GitHub Wiki

Category: Defining Types
Description: Classes are custom types containing data (known as 'fields'), methods, and properties ( methods without parameters). Classes are reference types and are stored on the Heap. Classes must be constructed and instantiated to use. Unlike C#, no default constructor is provided, one must be defined.
Code:

using System;
using System.Console;
using Nemerle;
using Nemerle.Utility;

[Record]
class Circle 
{
  public radius : double {get;}

  public Area : double
  {
    get
    {
      Math.PI * radius * radius
    }
  }

  public this() {this(1.0)}

  public this(text : string) 
  {
    when (text == null) throw System.ArgumentException("text");

    mutable r;
    def success = double.TryParse(text, out r);
    when (!success) throw System.ArgumentException("text");
    this(r);
  }       
  
  public override ToString() : string
  {
    $"a circle with radius $radius"
  }
}   

def ClassesSupport() 
{
    def c1 = Circle();
    def area1 = c1.Area;

    def c2 = Circle(6.0);
    def area2 = c2.Area;

    def c3 = Circle("3");
    def area3 = c3.Area;

    WriteLine($"a $c1, area1 = $area1");
    WriteLine($"a $c2, area2 = $area2");
    WriteLine($"a $c3, area3 = $area3");
}
  
ClassesSupport()

Execution Result:

a a circle with radius 1, area1 = 3,14159265358979
a a circle with radius 6, area2 = 113,097335529233
a a circle with radius 3, area3 = 28,2743338823081