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| <h2 class="appendix">Appendix C Table of Type Descriptors</h2> |
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| <p>The type descriptor is the character which follows the type number and |
| an equals sign. It specifies what kind of type is being defined. |
| See <a href="String-Field.html#String-Field">String Field</a>, for more information about their use. |
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| <dt><var>digit</var><dt><code>(</code><dd>Type reference; see <a href="String-Field.html#String-Field">String Field</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>-</code><dd>Reference to builtin type; see <a href="Negative-Type-Numbers.html#Negative-Type-Numbers">Negative Type Numbers</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>#</code><dd>Method (C<tt>++</tt>); see <a href="Method-Type-Descriptor.html#Method-Type-Descriptor">Method Type Descriptor</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>*</code><dd>Pointer; see <a href="Miscellaneous-Types.html#Miscellaneous-Types">Miscellaneous Types</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>&</code><dd>Reference (C<tt>++</tt>). |
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| <br><dt><code>@</code><dd>Type Attributes (AIX); see <a href="String-Field.html#String-Field">String Field</a>. Member (class and variable) |
| type (GNU C<tt>++</tt>); see <a href="Member-Type-Descriptor.html#Member-Type-Descriptor">Member Type Descriptor</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>a</code><dd>Array; see <a href="Arrays.html#Arrays">Arrays</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>A</code><dd>Open array; see <a href="Arrays.html#Arrays">Arrays</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>b</code><dd>Pascal space type (AIX); see <a href="Miscellaneous-Types.html#Miscellaneous-Types">Miscellaneous Types</a>. Builtin integer |
| type (Sun); see <a href="Builtin-Type-Descriptors.html#Builtin-Type-Descriptors">Builtin Type Descriptors</a>. Const and volatile |
| qualified type (OS9000). |
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| <br><dt><code>B</code><dd>Volatile-qualified type; see <a href="Miscellaneous-Types.html#Miscellaneous-Types">Miscellaneous Types</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>c</code><dd>Complex builtin type (AIX); see <a href="Builtin-Type-Descriptors.html#Builtin-Type-Descriptors">Builtin Type Descriptors</a>. |
| Const-qualified type (OS9000). |
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| <br><dt><code>C</code><dd>COBOL Picture type. See AIX documentation for details. |
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| <br><dt><code>d</code><dd>File type; see <a href="Miscellaneous-Types.html#Miscellaneous-Types">Miscellaneous Types</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>D</code><dd>N-dimensional dynamic array; see <a href="Arrays.html#Arrays">Arrays</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>e</code><dd>Enumeration type; see <a href="Enumerations.html#Enumerations">Enumerations</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>E</code><dd>N-dimensional subarray; see <a href="Arrays.html#Arrays">Arrays</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>f</code><dd>Function type; see <a href="Function-Types.html#Function-Types">Function Types</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>F</code><dd>Pascal function parameter; see <a href="Function-Types.html#Function-Types">Function Types</a> |
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| <br><dt><code>g</code><dd>Builtin floating point type; see <a href="Builtin-Type-Descriptors.html#Builtin-Type-Descriptors">Builtin Type Descriptors</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>G</code><dd>COBOL Group. See AIX documentation for details. |
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| <br><dt><code>i</code><dd>Imported type (AIX); see <a href="Cross_002dReferences.html#Cross_002dReferences">Cross-References</a>. Volatile-qualified |
| type (OS9000). |
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| <br><dt><code>k</code><dd>Const-qualified type; see <a href="Miscellaneous-Types.html#Miscellaneous-Types">Miscellaneous Types</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>K</code><dd>COBOL File Descriptor. See AIX documentation for details. |
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| <br><dt><code>M</code><dd>Multiple instance type; see <a href="Miscellaneous-Types.html#Miscellaneous-Types">Miscellaneous Types</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>n</code><dd>String type; see <a href="Strings.html#Strings">Strings</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>N</code><dd>Stringptr; see <a href="Strings.html#Strings">Strings</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>o</code><dd>Opaque type; see <a href="Typedefs.html#Typedefs">Typedefs</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>p</code><dd>Procedure; see <a href="Function-Types.html#Function-Types">Function Types</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>P</code><dd>Packed array; see <a href="Arrays.html#Arrays">Arrays</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>r</code><dd>Range type; see <a href="Subranges.html#Subranges">Subranges</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>R</code><dd>Builtin floating type; see <a href="Builtin-Type-Descriptors.html#Builtin-Type-Descriptors">Builtin Type Descriptors</a> (Sun). Pascal |
| subroutine parameter; see <a href="Function-Types.html#Function-Types">Function Types</a> (AIX). Detecting this |
| conflict is possible with careful parsing (hint: a Pascal subroutine |
| parameter type will always contain a comma, and a builtin type |
| descriptor never will). |
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| <br><dt><code>s</code><dd>Structure type; see <a href="Structures.html#Structures">Structures</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>S</code><dd>Set type; see <a href="Miscellaneous-Types.html#Miscellaneous-Types">Miscellaneous Types</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>u</code><dd>Union; see <a href="Unions.html#Unions">Unions</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>v</code><dd>Variant record. This is a Pascal and Modula-2 feature which is like a |
| union within a struct in C. See AIX documentation for details. |
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| <br><dt><code>w</code><dd>Wide character; see <a href="Builtin-Type-Descriptors.html#Builtin-Type-Descriptors">Builtin Type Descriptors</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>x</code><dd>Cross-reference; see <a href="Cross_002dReferences.html#Cross_002dReferences">Cross-References</a>. |
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| <br><dt><code>Y</code><dd>Used by IBM's xlC C<tt>++</tt> compiler (for structures, I think). |
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| <br><dt><code>z</code><dd>gstring; see <a href="Strings.html#Strings">Strings</a>. |
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