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Builtin Types
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   Certain types are built in (`int', `short', `void', `float', etc.);
the debugger recognizes these types and knows how to handle them.
Thus, don't be surprised if some of the following ways of specifying
builtin types do not specify everything that a debugger would need to
know about the type--in some cases they merely specify enough
information to distinguish the type from other types.

   The traditional way to define builtin types is convoluted, so new
ways have been invented to describe them.  Sun's `acc' uses special
builtin type descriptors (`b' and `R'), and IBM uses negative type
numbers.  GDB accepts all three ways, as of version 4.8; dbx just
accepts the traditional builtin types and perhaps one of the other two
formats.  The following sections describe each of these formats.

Traditional Builtin Types

Put on your seat belts and prepare for kludgery

Builtin Type Descriptors

Builtin types with special type descriptors

Negative Type Numbers

Builtin types using negative type numbers