Every argument after the first says its role: the first, the thing worked on, is bare; each other starts with a word.
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# Every argument after the first says its role (owner, 2026-10-14): the first, the thing worked on, is bare;# each other starts with a word. The list is `spellings.zv`'s `calls`.fnadd['a':int32,'b':int32]->int32{return'a'plus'b';}MAIN{let'xs':list[int32]=[];list.append[lend.mut'xs',value3];list.append[lend.mut'xs',value4];std::print.useful[list.length[lend'xs'],newln];let'phones':map[str.utf8,int32]=map.empty;map.set[lend.mut'phones',key"ann",value5551];map.set[lend.mut'phones',key"bob",value5552];let'n':=map.get[lend'phones',key"ann"]otherwise0;std::print.useful['n'," ",map.has[lend'phones',key"bob"],newln];let'gone':=map.remove[lend.mut'phones',key"bob"]otherwise0;std::print.useful['gone'," ",map.has[lend'phones',key"bob"],newln];let's':="red,green,blue";std::print.useful[std::str.contains[lend's',part"green"]," ",std::str.starts_with[lend's',part"red"]," ",std::str.ends_with[lend's',part"blue"],newln];let'parts':=std::str.split[lend's',at","];let'joined':=std::str.join[lend'parts',between" and "];std::print.useful['joined',newln];std::print.useful[std::str.replace[lend's',from",",to"; "],newln];}
Output
2
5551 true
5552 false
true true true
red and green and blue
red; green; blue