[return-nodes]

return-nodes is a core slot, one of the keywords of the Hyperlambda language, in Hyperlambda, the language of Magic Cloud. Returns child nodes or evaluated nodes to the nearest caller.

• Value (node-list), optional: Expression evaluating to the nodes to return; omit to return the literal child nodes instead
• Returns: Returns child nodes to the nearest caller

Arguments

Required arguments come first, then the optional ones in the order they are declared.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
any node name	lambda	no	Returned child node. Can be repeated.

Guide: How to use [return-nodes]

JSON declaration

This is the complete declaration of return-nodes, as the running system describes it. It is also published as slot.json.

JSON declaration

{
  "name": "return-nodes",
  "description": "Returns child nodes or evaluated nodes to the nearest caller",
  "signature": {
    "input": {
      "kind": "node-list",
      "description": "Expression evaluating to the nodes to return; omit to return the literal child nodes instead",
      "required": false,
      "mode": "Expression"
    },
    "children": {
      "*": {
        "type": "lambda",
        "description": "Returned child node",
        "required": false,
        "mode": "SourceLambda",
        "cardinality": "ZeroOrMore",
        "role": "Payload",
        "projection": "Self"
      }
    },
    "output": {
      "mode": "Lambda",
      "kind": "node-list",
      "description": "Returns child nodes to the nearest caller"
    }
  }
}

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