Lasso Programming: Lasso Language Reference

Name	Summary	Category
sys_SIGABRT	This returns an integer representing a value for the SIGABRT UNIX signal.	System
sys_exit	This method corresponds to the system's exit(int) function. Calling this causes the process to immediately terminate with the provided exit code. Consult your operating system's...	System
sys_fork	This method corresponds to the system's fork() function. Consult your operating system's documentation for the exact behavior of this function.	System
sys_kill	This method corresponds to the system's kill(pid_t, int) function. Consult your operating system's documentation for the exact behavior of this function.	System
sys_getegid	This method corresponds to the operating system's getegid() function. It returns the effective group id of the current process.	System
sys_geteuid	This method corresponds to the system's geteuid() function. It returns the effective user ID for the current process.	System
sys_getgid	This method corresponds to the system's getgid() function. It returns the real group ID of the current process.	System
sys_getlogin	This method corresponds to the system's getlogin() function. It returns the login name that the current process is running as. Consult your operating system's documentation for the exact...	System
sys_getpid	This method corresponds to the system's getpid() function. It returns the current process' process ID. Consult your operating system's documentation for the exact behavior of this...	System
sys_getppid	This method corresponds to the system's getppid() function. It returns the process ID for the parent of the current process. Consult your operating system's documentation for the exact...	System
sys_errno	This method corresponds to the system's errno function/macro. It returns the error code for the last operating system function call. Consult your operating system's documentation for the...	System
sys_difftime	This method corresponds to the system's difftime(time_t, time_t) function. It returns the difference in seconds between the two calendar times. Consult your operating system's documentation...	System
sys_getpwuid	This method corresponds to the system's getpwuid(uid_t) function. It returns information gathered for the given user ID. This method returns the information in a staticarray, in the...	System
sys_getpwnam	This method corresponds to the system's getpwname(const char*) function. It returns information gathered for the given user name. This method returns the information in a...	System
sys_drand48	This method corresponds to the system's drand48() function. It generates pseudo-random number using a linear congruential algorithm and 48-bit integer arithmetic. This method returns decimal...	System
sys_erand48	This method corresponds to the system's erand48() function. It generates pseudo-random number using a linear congruential algorithm and 48-bit integer arithmetic. This method returns decimal...	System
sys_getenv	This method corresponds to the system's `getenv(const char*)` function. The parameter it accepts indicates the name of the environment variable whose value should be retrieved. If the...	System
sys_listtypes	[sys_listtypes] returns a [staticarray] of all currently loaded types in the Lasso 9 instance.	System
sys_listtraits	[sys_listtraits] returns a [staticarray] of all currently loaded traits in the Lasso 9 instance.	System
sys_listunboundmethods	[sys_listunboundmethods] returns a [staticarray] of all currently loaded methods in the Lasso 9 instance. Note that this will not list methods that are contained within types, only those...	System
sys_getthreadcount	No description available.	System
sys_clock	This method corresponds to the system's clock() function. That function returns the best available approximation to the processor time used by the process since it was launched. This value...	System
sys_databasesPath	This method returns the full file system path to the directory where Lasso's SQLite 3 databases are stored. This path is not adjusted in any way to accommodate web roots or the like.	System
sys_appsPath	This method returns the full file system path to the directory where Lasso's LassoApps are stored. This path is not adjusted in any way to accommodate web roots or the like.	System
sys_dll_ext	The [sys_dll_ext] method returns the proper dynamic library file extension for the platform. For example, it will return 'dylib' on Mac OS X and 'so' on Linux.	System

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