Data Types

The primitive data types and their properties

Types

Integral

• u8 - 8 bit unsigned integer

• u16 - 16 bit unsigned integer

• u32 - 32 bit unsigned integer

• u64 - 64 bit unsigned integer

• uword - unsigned native machine word

• i8 - 8 bit signed integer

• i16 - 16 bit signed integer

• i32 - 32 bit signed integer

• i64 - 64 bit signed integer

• iword - signed native machine word

Fractional

• f32 - 32 bit floating point
• f64 - 64 bit floating point

Text

• char - Unicode scalar value
• str - string of Unicode characters

Other

• bool - boolean value
• own<T> - owned pointer
• ref<T> - borrowed pointer

Default Values

There are no uninitialized values. Variables without definitions will have the following values by default:

• Integers: 0
• Floats: 0.0
• char: '\u0'
• str: ""
• bool: false

Truthiness

All types are truthy when their value is anything other than their default value, and falsy when equal to their default value.

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