primitives.md

Primitives

IPFN has idea of primitives inspired by ECMAScript.

Struct

Struct, namespace – directory in a tree structure, Object in ECMAScript.

Boolean

True of false.

String

It is different from simple byte array.

Encoding

Property most useful for inter-language operability and auto-generated code.

• hex
• utf8
• utf16 — Basic String in ECMAScript
• base64

Number

• i8, u8 – Signed and Unsigned 8 bit integer
• i16, u16 – Signed and Unsigned 16 bit integer
• i32, u32 – Signed and Unsigned 32 bit integer
• f16 – 16 bit floating point number (mixed precision)
• f32 – 32 bit floating point number
• f64 – 64 bit floating point number — Basic Number in ECMAScript

BigInt

Dynamic size integer.