basictype -- the basic type of an object

basictype -- the basic type of an object

Synopsis:

Usage: T = basictype x

Input:

x: anything

Output:

T: class representing the basic type of x

Every thing has basic type which tells what sort of thing it really is, internally.

The parent of a basic type is Thing, and this property characterizes the basic types. The basic type of an object x is defined to be the ancestor of the class of x that is a basic type.

Let's compute a list of all the basic types:

i1 : stack sort (toString \

          select(values symbolTable(), i -> parent value i === Thing)

          )



o1 = BasicList

     Boolean

     Database

     File

     Function

     Handle

     HashTable

     Net

     Nothing

     QQ

     RR

     Symbol

     Thing

     ZZ

See also:

basic types -- an overview

Ways to use basictype :

basictype Thing