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Doc strings for datatypes, maybe to add to `help`
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datatype-doc-strings: [ | |
action! "Polymorphic native datatype function" | |
binary! "Series of byte values" | |
bitset! "Set of bit flags, used with parse as charsets" | |
block! "Series of heterogeneous values" | |
char! "Single unicode character" | |
datatype! "Value category, determines form and behavior" | |
date! "Combined date, time, and timezone" | |
decimal! "Accurate decimal value, no floating point error" | |
email! "Email address" | |
error! "Actionable error object" | |
event! "User interface event" | |
file! "Relative or absolute file name" | |
float! "Floating point value" | |
function! "Function written in Red code" | |
get-path! "Evaluated path, up to final (unevaluated) result" | |
get-word! "Unevaluated word (variable)" | |
handle! "Opaque internal value" | |
hash! "Block-like hash table, for fast lookups" | |
image! "Rectangular image with RGB data and alpha channel" | |
integer! "Integer" | |
issue! "Marker word/hashtag" | |
lit-path! "Literal path value" | |
lit-word! "Literal word value" | |
logic! "Boolean true/false, yes/no, on/off" | |
map! "Name-value pairs with a literal form" | |
module! "Context with a specified public interface" | |
money! "Financially accurate decimal value" | |
native! "Standard function implemented in Red/System" | |
none! "Empty value" | |
object! "Group of names with values, a.k.a. Context" | |
op! "Infix operator" | |
pair! "Integral 2D point or size" | |
paren! "Automatically evaluated block" | |
path! "Refinements to functions, objects, files" | |
percent! "Per-hundred scaled decimal" | |
port! "Data or I/O channel" | |
refinement! "Variation of meaning or location" | |
routine! "Red/System function defined in Red code" | |
set-path! "Defines a path's reference value" | |
set-word! "Defines a word's reference value" | |
string! "Series of char! values" | |
tag! "Markup string (HTML or XML), in angle brackets" | |
time! "Time of day or duration" | |
tuple! "Sequence of small integers (colors, versions, IP)" | |
typeset! "Set of datatypes" | |
unset! "No value returned or set" | |
url! "Uniform resource locator or identifier" | |
vector! "High performance arrays (Red/System datatype)" | |
word! "Symbol that may be used to reference values" | |
] |
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