Basic IDL Types (cont)
  • Other integer-like types
    • char, wchar, octet
  • Boolean
    • boolean
  • Enumerations
    • enum Month { Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec } ;
  • Strings
    • Basically shorthand for sequence<char>, but typically provides more convenience functions.
    • The extent and nature of this convenience depends on the particular programming language that one is working in.
    • Like characters themselves, they come in two forms:
      • single-byte: string, string<10>
      • multi-byte: wstring, wstring<10>

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