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Standard type notation (STN)
This is a system, by which each type in the ++C language can be recognized and is used on a very low level to identify types quickly.
Structure layout
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | char[] | A null-terminated string, containing the name of the type. This must be a legal ++C identifier (citation needed) |
| genTypes | STN[] | An array, containing the same amount of STNs, as type parameters in the specified type |
| genConsts | any[] | An array, of undefined length, containing the same amount of tightly-packed constants (in their little-endian byte representation) as const parameters in the specified type |
In-language representation
In ++C, there's a special type, called $_stn, that is basically a dynamic byte array ($uint_8[]), that keeps a byte-wise
Metadata representation
In metadata, types of fields, properties, functions and arguments are represented in this way.
Also, in metadata, there's a sorted index of all names, followed by an offset pointer to the associated definition (might not be a type)