Merge pull request #3665 from apasel422/tutorial-fix

docs: minor tutorial fixes
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Tim Chevalier 2012-10-04 17:37:00 -07:00
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## Types
The basic types include the usual boolean, integral, and floating point types.
The basic types include the usual boolean, integral, and floating-point types.
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`()` Nil, the type that has only a single value
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`i8`, `i16`, `i32`, `i64` Signed integers with a specific size (in bits)
`u8`, `u16`, `u32`, `u64` Unsigned integers with a specific size
`float` The largest floating-point type efficiently supported on the target machine
`f32`, `f64` Floating-point types with a specific size.
`char` A Unicode character (32 bits).
`f32`, `f64` Floating-point types with a specific size
`char` A Unicode character (32 bits)
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These can be combined in composite types, which will be described in
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`[T * N]` Vector (like an array in other languages) with N elements
`[mut T * N]` Mutable vector with N elements
`(T1, T2)` Tuple type. Any arity above 1 is supported
`(T1, T2)` Tuple type; any arity above 1 is supported
`&T`, `~T`, `@T` [Pointer types](#boxes-and-pointers)
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type. They support most of the same allocation options as
vectors, though the string literal without a storage sigil, e.g.
`"foo"` is treated differently than a comparable vector (`[foo]`).
Wheras plain vectors are stack-allocated fixed length vectors,
Whereas plain vectors are stack-allocated fixed-length vectors,
plain strings are region pointers to read-only memory.
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