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  16 <h2 class="appendix">Table of Type Descriptors</h2>
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  18    <p>The type descriptor is the character which follows the type number and
  19 an equals sign.  It specifies what kind of type is being defined.
  20 See <a href="String-Field.html#String%20Field">String Field</a>, for more information about their use.
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  23 <dt><code></code><var>digit</var><code></code>
  24      <dd><dt><code>(</code>
  25      <dd>Type reference; see <a href="String-Field.html#String%20Field">String Field</a>.
  26
  27      <br><dt><code>-</code>
  28      <dd>Reference to builtin type; see <a href="Negative-Type-Numbers.html#Negative%20Type%20Numbers">Negative Type Numbers</a>.
  29
  30      <br><dt><code>#</code>
  31      <dd>Method (C++); see <a href="Method-Type-Descriptor.html#Method%20Type%20Descriptor">Method Type Descriptor</a>.
  32
  33      <br><dt><code>*</code>
  34      <dd>Pointer; see <a href="Miscellaneous-Types.html#Miscellaneous%20Types">Miscellaneous Types</a>.
  35
  36      <br><dt><code>&amp;</code>
  37      <dd>Reference (C++).
  38
  39      <br><dt><code>@</code>
  40      <dd>Type Attributes (AIX); see <a href="String-Field.html#String%20Field">String Field</a>.  Member (class and variable)
  41 type (GNU C++); see <a href="Member-Type-Descriptor.html#Member%20Type%20Descriptor">Member Type Descriptor</a>.
  42
  43      <br><dt><code>a</code>
  44      <dd>Array; see <a href="Arrays.html#Arrays">Arrays</a>.
  45
  46      <br><dt><code>A</code>
  47      <dd>Open array; see <a href="Arrays.html#Arrays">Arrays</a>.
  48
  49      <br><dt><code>b</code>
  50      <dd>Pascal space type (AIX); see <a href="Miscellaneous-Types.html#Miscellaneous%20Types">Miscellaneous Types</a>.  Builtin integer
  51 type (Sun); see <a href="Builtin-Type-Descriptors.html#Builtin%20Type%20Descriptors">Builtin Type Descriptors</a>.  Const and volatile
  52 qualified type (OS9000).
  53
  54      <br><dt><code>B</code>
  55      <dd>Volatile-qualified type; see <a href="Miscellaneous-Types.html#Miscellaneous%20Types">Miscellaneous Types</a>.
  56
  57      <br><dt><code>c</code>
  58      <dd>Complex builtin type (AIX); see <a href="Builtin-Type-Descriptors.html#Builtin%20Type%20Descriptors">Builtin Type Descriptors</a>.
  59 Const-qualified type (OS9000).
  60
  61      <br><dt><code>C</code>
  62      <dd>COBOL Picture type.  See AIX documentation for details.
  63
  64      <br><dt><code>d</code>
  65      <dd>File type; see <a href="Miscellaneous-Types.html#Miscellaneous%20Types">Miscellaneous Types</a>.
  66
  67      <br><dt><code>D</code>
  68      <dd>N-dimensional dynamic array; see <a href="Arrays.html#Arrays">Arrays</a>.
  69
  70      <br><dt><code>e</code>
  71      <dd>Enumeration type; see <a href="Enumerations.html#Enumerations">Enumerations</a>.
  72
  73      <br><dt><code>E</code>
  74      <dd>N-dimensional subarray; see <a href="Arrays.html#Arrays">Arrays</a>.
  75
  76      <br><dt><code>f</code>
  77      <dd>Function type; see <a href="Function-Types.html#Function%20Types">Function Types</a>.
  78
  79      <br><dt><code>F</code>
  80      <dd>Pascal function parameter; see <a href="Function-Types.html#Function%20Types">Function Types</a>
  81
  82      <br><dt><code>g</code>
  83      <dd>Builtin floating point type; see <a href="Builtin-Type-Descriptors.html#Builtin%20Type%20Descriptors">Builtin Type Descriptors</a>.
  84
  85      <br><dt><code>G</code>
  86      <dd>COBOL Group.  See AIX documentation for details.
  87
  88      <br><dt><code>i</code>
  89      <dd>Imported type (AIX); see <a href="Cross-References.html#Cross-References">Cross-References</a>.  Volatile-qualified
  90 type (OS9000).
  91
  92      <br><dt><code>k</code>
  93      <dd>Const-qualified type; see <a href="Miscellaneous-Types.html#Miscellaneous%20Types">Miscellaneous Types</a>.
  94
  95      <br><dt><code>K</code>
  96      <dd>COBOL File Descriptor.  See AIX documentation for details.
  97
  98      <br><dt><code>M</code>
  99      <dd>Multiple instance type; see <a href="Miscellaneous-Types.html#Miscellaneous%20Types">Miscellaneous Types</a>.
 100
 101      <br><dt><code>n</code>
 102      <dd>String type; see <a href="Strings.html#Strings">Strings</a>.
 103
 104      <br><dt><code>N</code>
 105      <dd>Stringptr; see <a href="Strings.html#Strings">Strings</a>.
 106
 107      <br><dt><code>o</code>
 108      <dd>Opaque type; see <a href="Typedefs.html#Typedefs">Typedefs</a>.
 109
 110      <br><dt><code>p</code>
 111      <dd>Procedure; see <a href="Function-Types.html#Function%20Types">Function Types</a>.
 112
 113      <br><dt><code>P</code>
 114      <dd>Packed array; see <a href="Arrays.html#Arrays">Arrays</a>.
 115
 116      <br><dt><code>r</code>
 117      <dd>Range type; see <a href="Subranges.html#Subranges">Subranges</a>.
 118
 119      <br><dt><code>R</code>
 120      <dd>Builtin floating type; see <a href="Builtin-Type-Descriptors.html#Builtin%20Type%20Descriptors">Builtin Type Descriptors</a> (Sun).  Pascal
 121 subroutine parameter; see <a href="Function-Types.html#Function%20Types">Function Types</a> (AIX).  Detecting this
 122 conflict is possible with careful parsing (hint: a Pascal subroutine
 123 parameter type will always contain a comma, and a builtin type
 124 descriptor never will).
 125
 126      <br><dt><code>s</code>
 127      <dd>Structure type; see <a href="Structures.html#Structures">Structures</a>.
 128
 129      <br><dt><code>S</code>
 130      <dd>Set type; see <a href="Miscellaneous-Types.html#Miscellaneous%20Types">Miscellaneous Types</a>.
 131
 132      <br><dt><code>u</code>
 133      <dd>Union; see <a href="Unions.html#Unions">Unions</a>.
 134
 135      <br><dt><code>v</code>
 136      <dd>Variant record.  This is a Pascal and Modula-2 feature which is like a
 137 union within a struct in C.  See AIX documentation for details.
 138
 139      <br><dt><code>w</code>
 140      <dd>Wide character; see <a href="Builtin-Type-Descriptors.html#Builtin%20Type%20Descriptors">Builtin Type Descriptors</a>.
 141
 142      <br><dt><code>x</code>
 143      <dd>Cross-reference; see <a href="Cross-References.html#Cross-References">Cross-References</a>.
 144
 145      <br><dt><code>Y</code>
 146      <dd>Used by IBM's xlC C++ compiler (for structures, I think).
 147
 148      <br><dt><code>z</code>
 149      <dd>gstring; see <a href="Strings.html#Strings">Strings</a>.
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