Local Variable Bindings

Polylang allows bindings for variables inside functions using the let construct. The syntax is similar to that of TypeScript (or Rust):

`let` <variable name> `=` <initial value>

Each binding must have an initial value assigned to it. Unitialized bindings are not allowed in Polylang. Types are automatically inferred using Type Inference.

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You cannot currently provide explicit types. This will be possible soon.

Example:

contract Person {
    id: string;
    name: string;
    age: number;
 
    constructor (id: string, name: string, age: number) {
        this.id = id;
        this.name = name;
        this.age = age;
    }
 
    // increment the age by the given value
    incrementAgeBy(inc: number) {
      // bind the variable `oldAge` to the current value of `age` for this record
      let oldAge = this.age;
      // bind `newAge` to the old age increment by `inc`
      let newAge = oldAge + inc;
      // update the `age` field
      this.age = newAge;
   }
}

Here we have a function incrementAgeBy which takes an increment value inc, and updates the age field of the record by that increment value. To be able to reference the old value of age, we create a couple of local binding called oldAge and newAge.

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