type
type — The classification of a value.
Synopsis
type ::=
- Zero or more of:
- text
replaceable
- Graphic inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Object-oriented programming inlines
- Programming inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
abbrev
acronym
alt
anchor
annotation
biblioref
coref
date
emphasis
(db._emphasis)firstterm
(db._firstterm)footnote
footnoteref
foreignphrase
(db._foreignphrase)glossterm
(db._glossterm)indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobject
link
olink
phrase
(db._phrase)quote
(db._quote)remark
subscript
superscript
trademark
wordasword
xref
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Additional attributes:
- class (enumeration)
- “union”
- “intersection”
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.
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- any attribute
Any attribute in any other explicit namespace
- class
Specifies the way how are nested types combined together
Enumerated values: “union” Combined type is union of nested types
“intersection” Combined type is intersection of nested types
Parents
These elements contain type
: bridgehead
, caption
(db.html.caption), citation
, citetitle
, classsynopsisinfo
, code
, contrib
, emphasis
(db.emphasis), entry
, enumitemdescription
, fieldsynopsis
, firstterm
(db.firstterm), funcdef
, funcsynopsisinfo
, glosssee
, glossseealso
, glossterm
(db.glossterm), link
, literallayout
, macrodef
, member
, meta
(db.meta.content), methodparam
, methodsynopsis
, olink
, orgdiv
, para
, paramdef
, phrase
(db.phrase), primary
, primaryie
, programlisting
, quote
(db.quote), refdescriptor
, refentrytitle
, refname
, refpurpose
, remark
, screen
, secondary
, secondaryie
, see
, seealso
, seealsoie
, seeie
, seg
, segtitle
, simpara
, specializedtemplate
, subtitle
, synopsis
, synopsisinfo
, td
, template
, term
, termdef
, tertiary
, tertiaryie
, th
, title
, titleabbrev
, tocentry
, type
, union
.
Children
The following elements occur in type
: text, abbrev
, acronym
, alt
, anchor
, annotation
, biblioref
, buildtarget
, classname
, coref
, date
, emphasis
(db._emphasis), enumidentifier
, enumname
, enumvalue
, exceptionname
, firstterm
(db._firstterm), footnote
, footnoteref
, foreignphrase
(db._foreignphrase), function
, glossterm
(db._glossterm), indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular), indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange), initializer
, inlinemediaobject
, interfacename
, link
, macroname
, methodname
, modifier
, olink
, ooclass
, ooexception
, oointerface
, parameter
, phrase
(db._phrase), quote
(db._quote), remark
, replaceable
, returnvalue
, subscript
, superscript
, templatename
, trademark
, type
, typedefname
, unionname
, varname
, wordasword
, xref
.
See Also
Examples
1 |<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
|<title>Example type</title>
||
<para>The <function>geteuid</function> function returns a <type>uid_t</type> that
5 |contains the user's <emphasis>effective</emphasis> user id.
|</para>
||
</article>
The geteuid
function returns a uid_t
that
contains the user's effective user id.