// dotsymbols: no longer special

// (def) on a dot-symbol is illegal
(def a 9)
//(def .a 3)
(assert (== .a %.a))
(assert (== a 9))


//
// nested paths of dot-symbols work
//
(def s (snoopy asst: (hornet sidekick: (hellcat fname:"henry" lname:"johnson"))))

// get
(assert (== s.asst.sidekick.fname "henry"))

// assign
{s.asst.sidekick.lname = "smith"}
(assert (== s.asst.sidekick.lname "smith"))

// without leading .
(def h (hash a:10))
(assert (== h.a 10))