Swap write arguments

examples/rosetta/create a file on magnetic tape.art

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-write "TAPE.FILE" {
+{
     This code 
     should be able to write 
     a file 
     to magnetic tape
-}
+} >> "TAPE.FILE"

examples/rosetta/create a file.art

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 output: "output.txt"
 docs:   "docs"
 
-write output ""
-write.directory docs ø
+"" >> output
+write.directory ø docs
 
-write join.path ["/" output] ""
-write.directory join.path ["/" docs] ø
+"" >> join.path ["/" output]
+write.directory ø join.path ["/" docs]

examples/rosetta/file input-output.art

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 source: read "input.txt"
-write "output.txt" source
+source >> "output.txt"
 
-print source
+print source

examples/rosetta/fractal tree.art

@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ svg: {
 drawTree svg 0.5*width height trunkLength startingAngle
 'svg ++ "</svg>"
 
-write "fractal.svg" svg
+svg >> "fractal.svg"

examples/rosetta/goldbach's comet.art

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ print ["\nG(1000000) =" G 1000000]
 csv: join.with:",\n" map select 4..2000 => even? 'x ->
     ~"|x|, |G x|"
 
-write "comet.csv" csv
+csv >> "comet.csv"

examples/rosetta/hello world - line printer.art

@@ -1 +1 @@
-write "/dev/lp0" "Hello World\n"
+"Hello World\n" >> "/dev/lp0"

examples/rosetta/json.art

@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ object: #[
 	married: false
 ]
 
-print write.json ø object 
+print write.json object ø

examples/rosetta/make directory path.art

@@ -1 +1 @@
-write.directory "path/to/some/directory" ø
+write.directory ø "path/to/some/directory"

examples/rosetta/remove lines from a file.art

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ removeFileLines: function [filename, start, cnt][
     ]
 
     final: previous\[0..start-1] ++ previous\[start+cnt..dec size previous]
-    write filename join.with:"\n" final
+    join.with:"\n" final >> filename
 ]
 
-removeFileLines "myfile.txt" 3 10
+removeFileLines "myfile.txt" 3 10

examples/rosetta/take notes on the command line.art

@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ switch empty? arg [
 ][
     output: (to :string now) ++ "\n" ++
             "\t" ++ (join.with:" " to [:string] arg) ++ "\n"
-    write.append notes output
-]
+    write.append output notes
+]

examples/rosetta/write entire file.art

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 contents: "Hello World!"
-write "output.txt" contents
+contents >> "output.txt"

src/library/Files.nim

@@ -494,11 +494,11 @@ proc defineLibrary*() =
         builtin "write",
             alias       = doublearrowright, 
             op          = opNop,
-            rule        = PrefixPrecedence,
+            rule        = InfixPrecedence,
             description = "write content to file at given path",
             args        = {
-                "file"      : {String,Null},
-                "content"   : {Any}
+                "content"   : {Any},
+                "file"      : {String,Null}
             },
             attrs       = {
                 "append"        : ({Logical},"append to given file"),
@@ -510,36 +510,36 @@ proc defineLibrary*() =
             returns     = {Nothing},
             example     = """
             ; write some string data to given file path
-            write "somefile.txt" "Hello world!"
+            write "Hello world!" "somefile.txt"
             ..........
             ; we can also write any type of data as JSON
-            write.json "data.json" myData
+            write.json myData "data.json"
             ..........
             ; append to an existing file
-            write.append "somefile.txt" "Yes, Hello again!"
+            write.append "Yes, Hello again!" "somefile.txt"
             """:
                 #=======================================================
                 when defined(SAFE): Error_OperationNotPermitted("write")
 
-                if yKind==Bytecode:
+                if xKind==Bytecode:
                     let dataS = codify(newBlock(y.trans.constants), unwrapped=true, safeStrings=true)
-                    let codeS = y.trans.instructions
-                    discard writeBytecode(dataS, codeS, x.s)
+                    let codeS = x.trans.instructions
+                    discard writeBytecode(dataS, codeS, y.s)
                 else:
                     if (hadAttr("directory")):
-                        createDir(x.s)
+                        createDir(y.s)
                     else:
                         if (hadAttr("binary")):
-                            writeToFile(x.s, y.n, append = (hadAttr("append")))
+                            writeToFile(y.s, x.n, append = (hadAttr("append")))
                         else:
                             if (hadAttr("json")):
-                                let rez = jsonFromValue(y, pretty=(not hadAttr("compact")))
-                                if x.kind==String:
-                                    writeToFile(x.s, rez, append = (hadAttr("append")))
+                                let rez = jsonFromValue(x, pretty=(not hadAttr("compact")))
+                                if y.kind==String:
+                                    writeToFile(y.s, rez, append = (hadAttr("append")))
                                 else:
                                     push(newString(rez))
                             else:
-                                writeToFile(x.s, y.s, append = (hadAttr("append")))
+                                writeToFile(y.s, x.s, append = (hadAttr("append")))
 
         builtin "zip",
             alias       = unaliased,