Classes

In Felix a class is used to provide a space for defining functions and procedures.

class X {

  // quadratic ax^2 + bx + c, solution:
  fun qplus (a:double, b:double, c:double) =>
    (-b + sqrt (sqr b + 4.0 * a * c)) / (2.0 * a)
  ;

  // square it
  private fun sqr(x:double) => x * x;
}

Notice the qplus function can call the sqr function even though it is defined later. Felix uses random access, or setwise, lookup, not linear lookup.

In order to use a function in a class, we can use explicit qualification:

println$ X::qplus(1.0, 2.0, 3.0);

Alternatively, we can open the class:

open X;
println$ qplus(1.0, 2.0, 3.0);

However we cannot access the function sqr, because it is private to the class.

A class definition must be contained in a single file, it cannot be extended.