• Primitive Types
  • Common
    • bool
    • char
    • int (= int32)
    • uint (= uint32)
    • float (= float64)
    • decimal
    • number (= decimal, change with -number: option)
    • dynamic
  • Explicit Sizes
    • int8, int16, int32, int64
    • uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64
  • PrimitiveTypeMembers
• Complex Types
  • Class
    • Single inheritance
    • Heap-based
    • Popular classes
      • Object, String, StringBuilder, Exception
      • List<of T>, Dictionary<of K, V>, Set<of T>
      • Stack<of T>, Queue<of T>
      • TextWriter, TextReader, StringWriter
  • Struct
    • No inheritance (other than Object)
    • Value-based
    • Popular structs
      • DateTime, Color (System.Drawing)
  • Interface
    • Multipile inheritance
    • No code implementation
    • Popular interfaces
      • IEnumerable, IEnumerable<of T> (but use T* instead; see streams below)
      • IComparable, IComparable<of T>
• Nilable Type
  • foo? - can be "foo" or "nil"
  • applies to all types
  • "dynamic" implies "dynamic?" meaning you can always pass "nil" where "dynamic" is expected
• Streams
  • foo* - zero or more objects of type foo
  • See StreamType
• Working with types at run-time
  • You can get the type of "x" with "x.getType"
  • You can make instances with a type at run-time
    • t = x.getType
    • obj1 = t()
    • obj2 = t(0, 0)
• See also
  •  Discussion on types

TODO: arrays, passthrough, vari, typetype, generics, local var type inference, greatest common denominator