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@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ as the values type. Give it a try:
This will print the following:
- changes to files: values.alv
- trace "hello": <str= "hello">
- trace 2: <num= 2>
- trace true: <bool= true>
+```output
+changes to files: values.alv
+trace "hello": <str= "hello">
+trace 2: <num= 2>
+trace true: <bool= true>
+```
On the left side of the colon, [trace][] prints the expression that it is
evaluating. On the right side, three pieces of information are shown:
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ evaluating. On the right side, three pieces of information are shown:
- the *type*: `str`, `num`, `bool`
- the *value* itself: `"hello"`, `2`, `true`
- the *kind* of the result: `=`
-
+
`=` means that these values are *constant* - they will not change by themselves
until the code is changed. For simple values like these that seems obvious, but
in `alv` we can also create values tha change over time, as we will see soon.