Cosmo/docs/types.md
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Types

There are two main types of datatypes in Cosmo, primitives and references. Primitives exist directly in variables and tables. References are references to objects in memory, such as objects, tables, and functions.

Primitives

Type Description Examples
Number A numerical value. 255.0, 255, 0xff, 0b11111111
Boolean Logical datatype true, false
Nil Represents an empty value nil

References

Type Description Example
String A string of characters "ABC", "\x41\x42\x43", "\b1000001\b1000010\b1000011"
Object A stateful data structure. See objects.md. {x = 3}, proto Test end
Table A generic data structure. [1,2,3], [1 = "hello", "two" = "world"]
Function A callable routine. function() print("Hello world!") end

There are some other reference datatypes that are used internally, however these will remain undocumented until they are accessible by the user