6.12 Block

6.1	General Forms
6.2	Definitions
6.3	Namespaces
6.4	Import
6.5	Export
6.6	Functions
6.7	Operators
6.8	Classes and Interfaces
6.9	Veneers
6.10	Mutable Variables and Assignment
6.11	Repetitions
6.12	Block
6.13	Conditionals
6.14	Matching
6.15	Iteration
6.16	Recursion
6.17	Context Parameters
6.18	Exceptions
6.19	Continuations
6.20	Implicit Forms
6.21	Static and Dynamic Lookup
6.22	Modules and Submodules
6.23	Booleans
6.24	Numbers
6.25	Characters
6.26	Strings
6.27	Keywords
6.28	Symbols
6.29	Byte Strings
6.30	Lists
6.31	Pairs and Pair Lists
6.32	Mutable Lists
6.33	Arrays
6.34	Maps
6.35	Sets
6.36	Boxes
6.37	Indexables
6.38	Listables
6.39	Sequences
6.40	Appendables
6.41	Comparables
6.42	Paths
6.43	Source Locations
6.44	Void
6.45	Equality
6.46	Dot
6.47	Multiple Values
6.48	Annotations
6.49	Enumerations
6.50	Input and Output
6.51	Eval
6.52	Syntax Objects
6.53	Syntax Classes
6.54	Simple Expression Macros
6.55	Unit Testing

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8.12

expression

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Returns the result of the body block, which may include local definitions.

More precisely, block introduces an implicit use of #%body (see Implicit Forms), which is usually #%body.

> block:
    1
    2
2
> block:
    let one = 1
    one + one
2

1	Rhombus Essentials
2	Collections and Iteration
3	Syntax Objects and Macros
4	Classes and Interfaces
5	Static Information and Binding
6	Core Reference
7	Meta and Macros Reference
8	Rhombus Static by Default
9	Libraries
10	Naming Conventions