example.eon

// This is an example of an Eon file.
string: "Hello Eon!"
bool: true
integer: 42
list: [1, 2, 3]
keywords: [null, false, true]
special_numbers: [+inf, -inf, +nan]
monsters: [
	{
		name: "Rabbit of Caerbannog"
		strength: 1000
	}
	{
		name: "Ni"
		desires: "A shrubbery"
	}
]

// Map keys can be any valid Eon value
any_map: {
	"42": "This key is an string"
	42: "This key is an integer"
	[]: "This key is an empty list"
}

// Strings come in four flavors:
basic_strings: [
	"I'm a string."
	"I contain \"quotes\"."
	"Newline:\nUnicode: \u{262E} (☮)"
]
multiline_basic_strings: [
	"""\
		It was the best of strings.
		It was the worst of strings."""

	// The above is equivalent to:
	"It was the best of strings.\n\t\tIt was the worst of strings."
]
literal_strings: {
	// Literal strings uses single quotes, and no escaping is performed.
	// What you see is exactly what you get:
	windows_path: 'C:\System32\foo.dll'
	quotes: 'I use "quotes" in this string'
	regex: '[+\-0-9\.][0-9a-zA-Z\.+\-_]*'
}
multiline_literal_strings: {
	quote_re: '''(["'])[^"']*$1'''
	python: '''
    # The first newline is ignored, but everything else is kept
    def main():
        print('Hello world!')
    '''
}