type

type — The classification of a value.

Synopsis

Zero or more of:
- text
- phrase (db._phrase)
- replaceable
- Graphic inlines
  inlinemediaobject
- Indexing inlines
  indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange)
  indexterm (db.indexterm.singular)
  indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange)
- Linking inlines
  anchor
  biblioref
  link
  olink
  xref
- Ubiquitous inlines
  alt
  anchor
  annotation
  biblioref
  indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange)
  indexterm (db.indexterm.singular)
  indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange)
  inlinemediaobject
  link
  olink
  remark
  subscript
  superscript
  xref

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

In general usage, type identifies one member of a class of values.

In documenting computer programs, it identifies specifically a “type,” as might be declared with typedef in the C programming language.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Parents

This element occurs in 55 elements.

Children

This element contains 16 elements.

Examples

  1 <article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
  2 <title>Example type</title>
    
  4 <para>The <function>geteuid</function> function returns a <type>uid_t</type> that
    contains the user's <emphasis>effective</emphasis> user id.
  6 </para>
    
  8 </article>

The geteuid function returns a uid_t that contains the user's effective user id.


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