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Keywords
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The following are reserved keywords in Rhai.
| Active keywords | Reserved keywords | Usage |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| `true`, `false` | | constants |
| [`let`](variable.md), [`const`](constant.md) | `var`, `static` | variables |
| `is_shared` | | _shared_ values |
| | `is` | type checking |
| [`if`](if.md), [`else`](if.md) | `goto` | control flow |
| [`switch`](switch.md) | `match`, `case` | switching and matching |
| [`do`](do.md), [`while`](while.md), [`loop`](loop.md), `until`, [`for`](for.md), [`in`](operators.md), `continue`, `break` | | looping |
| [`fn`](functions.md), [`private`](modules/export.md), `is_def_fn`, `this` | `public`, `protected`, `new` | [functions](functions.md) |
| [`return`](return.md) | | return values |
| [`throw`](throw.md), [`try`](try-catch.md), [`catch`](try-catch.md) | | [throw/catch](try-catch.md) exceptions |
| [`import`](modules/import.md), [`export`](modules/export.md), `as` | `use`, `with`, `module`, `package`, `super` | [modules](modules/index.md) |
| [`global`](global.md) | | automatic global [module](modules/index.md) |
| [`Fn`](fn-ptr.md), `call`, [`curry`](fn-curry.md) | | [function pointers](fn-ptr.md) |
| | `spawn`, `thread`, `go`, `sync`, `async`, `await`, `yield` | threading/async |
| [`type_of`](type-of.md), [`print`](print-debug.md), [`debug`](print-debug.md), [`eval`](eval.md), `is_def_var` | | special functions |
| | `default`, `void`, `null`, `nil` | special values |
```admonish warning.small
Keywords cannot become the name of a function or variable, even when they are disabled.
```