Standard Library

I use the word TOS here to refer to the topmost item on the stack.

The header stack action gives an idea what happens to the stack if a certain function is executed. (a b — c d) means a is TOS before execution, and c is afterwards.

Name	Purpose	Stack action
.	Prints TOS.	(v — )
swap	Swaps the two topmost items on the stack.	(x y — y x)
(print-stack)	Debugging only. Prints all items on the stack. Implementation dependent.	N/A
dup	Duplicates TOS (note: this does not make copies of stacks, see copy-stack for that).	(x — x x)
drop	Drops TOS.	(x — )
get	Gets the value of a variable by ident.	(i — v)
getglobal	Gets the value of a variable by ident, but only look at global scope.	(i — v)
set	Sets the value of a variable.	(i v — )
setglobal	Sets the value of a variable, but ignore any relevant local declarations.	(i v — )
local	Works like set, but makes the variable local to the current closure.	(i v — )
type	Returns the type of a certain value. Returns an ident of the type.	(v — t)
[]	Creates a new stack object and pushes it unto the stack.	( — s)
push-to	Pushes a value to a stack object.	(s v — )
pop-from	Pops a value from a stack object.	(s — v)
call	Calls a function if relevant. Pushes value to stack otherwise. call 'abc' is equivalent to abc.	(x — v?)
error, raise	Raises an error. Takes two arguments: the error name and a trace-back stack.	(n s — )
=, equal	Compares for equality. Pushes a 1 to the stack if equal, a 0 otherwise.	(x y — b)
!=, not-equal	Compares for inequality. Pushes a 1 to the stack if unequal, a 0 otherwise.	(x y — b)
<, less	Pushes 1 if x < y, 0 otherwise.	(x y — b)
<=, less-or-equal	Pushes 1 if x <= y, 0 otherwise.	(x y — b)
>, greater	Pushes 1 if x > y, 0 otherwise.	(x y — b)
>=, greater-or-equal	Pushes 1 if x >= y, 0 otherwise.	(x y — b)
not	The Boolean inverse of the argument.	(x — b)
and	Boolean and.	(x y — b)
or	Boolean or.	(x y — b)
xor	Boolean exclusive or.	(x y — b)
+, add	Adds two numbers.	(x y — z)
-, sub	Subtracts two numbers.	(x y — z)
*, mul	Multiplies two numbers.	(x y — z)
/, div	Divides two numbers. Raises an error if y is zero.	(x y — z)
%, mod	The module of two numbers.	(x y — z)
return	Returns from a function. Yes, this is a stdlib function. No, you should not think about that too hard.	( — )
[	The ‘stack maker’. This creates a new stack and starts putting values in it until it runs into the special value ']', which is an Autonym.	.. ] — )
stop-iter	Pushes the necessary values to signify the end of an iterator to for. Does not actually stop the iteration.	( — )
range	Returns a range iterator.	(f t — range s f)
in	Returns a stack iterator.	(s — in s2 v)
reversed	Returns a reversed copy of a stack.	(s — k)
reversed!	Reverses stack in place, and pushes it back.	(s — s)
push-through	Equivalent to doing s push-to s x	(s x — s)
copy-stack	Copies a stack.	(s — s2)
catch-if	Re-raises error if error name does not match.	(match error — error)
use	Uses another Déjà Vu file. Usage: use "mylib.deja"	(name — )
(ident-count)	Debugging only. Implementation dependent. Prints the number of idents in use.	( — )
import	Imports a Python modules. Usage: import "mylib"	(name — )