types.md

dyvil
v0.31.0

Types

The Type system is way more advanced and extensive than in Java. Dyvil introduces a variety of different sorts of types:

1. The top type any
2. The bottom type none
3. The null type: null
4. Primitive Types: boolean, byte, short, char, int, long, float, double
5. Object Types: String, Date, Object
6. Generic Types: List<int>, List<Option<Date>>
7. Tuple Types: (int, String)
8. Function Types: (int, int) -> int
9. Type Variable Types - T
10. Wildcard Types: _, +Number, -String
11. Reference Types - int*, String*, any^
12. Nullable / Optional Types - int?, String?, long!, List<String>!