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 5.1 Builtin Types
 =================
 
 Certain types are built in (`int', `short', `void', `float', etc.); the
 debugger recognizes these types and knows how to handle them.  Thus,
 don't be surprised if some of the following ways of specifying builtin
 types do not specify everything that a debugger would need to know
 about the type--in some cases they merely specify enough information to
 distinguish the type from other types.
 
    The traditional way to define builtin types is convoluted, so new
 ways have been invented to describe them.  Sun's `acc' uses special
 builtin type descriptors (`b' and `R'), and IBM uses negative type
 numbers.  GDB accepts all three ways, as of version 4.8; dbx just
 accepts the traditional builtin types and perhaps one of the other two
 formats.  The following sections describe each of these formats.
 

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* Traditional Builtin Types   Put on your seat belts and prepare for kludgery
* Builtin Type Descriptors    Builtin types with special type descriptors
* Negative Type Numbers       Builtin types using negative type numbers
 

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