Primitive types

Overview

V supports a wide range of primitive types. Below is a list of all supported primitive types:

bool string i8 i16 int i64 i128 (soon) u8 u16 u32 u64 u128 (soon) rune // represents a Unicode code point f32 f64 isize, usize // platform-dependent, // the size is how many bytes it takes // to reference any location in memory voidptr // this one is mostly used for C interoperability

Unlike C and Go, int is always a 32-bit integer.

Promotions

There is an exception to the rule that all operators in V must have values of the same type on both sides. A small primitive type on one side can be automatically promoted if it fits completely into the data range of the type on the other side.

These are the allowed possibilities:

i8 – i16 – int – i64 ↘ ↘ f32 – f64 ↗ ↗ u8 – u16 – u32 – u64 ⬎ ↘ ↘ ↘ ptr i8 – i16 – int – i64 ⬏

An int value for example can be automatically promoted to f64 or i64 but not to u32 (u32 would mean loss of the sign for negative values). Promotion from int to f32, however, is currently done automatically (but can lead to precision loss for large values).

Literals like 123 or 4.56 are treated in a special way. They do not lead to type promotions, however they default to int and f64 respectively, when their type has to be decided:

u := u16(12) v := 13 + u // v is of type `u16` – no promotion x := f32(45.6) y := x + 3.14 // x is of type `f32` – no promotion a := 75 // a is of type `int` – default for int literal b := 14.7 // b is of type `f64` – default for float literal c := u + a // c is of type `int` – automatic promotion of `u`'s value d := b + x // d is of type `f64` – automatic promotion of `x`'s value

Primitive types

# Overview

# Promotions

Overview

Promotions