5 Expressions

Expressions in Haxe define what a program does. Most expressions are found in the body of a method, where they are combined to express what that method should do. This section explains the different kinds of expressions. Some definitions help here:

Define: Name

A general name may refer to

  • a type,
  • a local variable,
  • a local function or
  • a field.
Define: Identifier

Haxe identifiers start with an underscore _, a dollar $, a lower-case character a-z or an upper-case character A-Z. After that, any combination and number of _, A-Z, a-z and 0-9 may follow.

Further limitations follow from the usage context, which are checked upon typing:

  • Type names must start with an upper-case letter A-Z or an underscore _.
  • Leading dollars are not allowed for any kind of name (dollar-names are mostly used for macro reification).
since Haxe 3.3.0

Haxe reserves the identifier prefix _hx_ for internal use. This is not enforced by the parser or typer.

Keywords

The following Haxe keywords may not be used as identifiers:

  • abstract
  • break
  • case
  • cast
  • catch
  • class
  • continue
  • default
  • do
  • dynamic
  • else
  • enum
  • extends
  • extern
  • false
  • final
  • for
  • function
  • if
  • implements
  • import
  • in
  • inline
  • interface
  • macro
  • new
  • null
  • operator
  • overload
  • override
  • package
  • private
  • public
  • return
  • static
  • switch
  • this
  • throw
  • true
  • try
  • typedef
  • untyped
  • using
  • var
  • while
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