Name Rascal/Libraries/util/Eval/evalType

Synopsis Evaluate a (list of) Rascal commands and return the type of the last command.

Function

1. str evalType(str command) throws Timeout, StaticError, ParseError
2. str evalType(list[str] commands) throws Timeout, StaticError, ParseError
3. str evalType(str command, int duration) throws Timeout, StaticError, ParseError
4. str evalType(list[str] commands, int duration) throws Timeout, StaticError, ParseError

Usage import util::Eval;

Description Evaluate a command or a list of commands and return the type of the value of the last command that is executed. An optional duration argument may be present to limit the time (in milliseconds) the execution may take. By default, the duration is set to 1000 ms.

Examples

rascal>import util::Eval;
ok
rascal>evalType("2 * 3;");
str: "int"
rascal>evalType("[1, 2, 3];");
str: "list[int]"

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