A.1. Data Types

Parallaxis supports all data types available in Modula-2:

INTEGER		integer numbers (4 bytes) 
CARDINAL	integer numbers greater or equal to 0 (4 bytes) 
REAL		floating point numbers (4 bytes) 
CHAR		character values (1 byte), ordinal values ranging from 0 to 255
BOOLEAN		truth values (1 byte), equal to  (FALSE,TRUE) 
ARRAY  .. OF ..	array of data values 
RECORD .. END	collecting several entries to a structured type 
SET OF ..	set of a simple type 
BITSET		equivalent to SET OF [0..31] 
POINTER TO ..	pointer to a type, data has to be allocated dynamically
PROCEDURE (..)	procedure or function type,
		e.g.	TYPE function = PROCEDURE (REAL): REAL;

enumeration	enumerating all values of a type (1 byte)
		e.g.	TYPE day = (mo, tu, we, th, fr, sa, su); 

subrange	limited range of values (from 1 to 4 bytes)
		e.g. TYPE workday = [mo..fr];
			digit   = [0..9];