Integers

Overview

Integers in KSL are a blanket type. The “real” types of integers are i8, i16, i32, and i64. Technically int is also an alias for i64. For unsigned there is u8, u16, u32, u64, and uint which is an alias for u64. There are no special rules for interacting with integers. Their space in memory is equal to the type name, e.g. an i32 will be stored as an integer 32 in memory during runtime, similarly an i8 will be stored an an integer 8.

Casting Support

Types that can be cast to integers:

• Float (via <value>'int)
• Bool (via <value>'int)

Types that integers can be cast to:

• Float (via <value>'float)
• Bool (via <value>'bool)

Method Support

There are no methods supported for integers.

Examples

int x = 20;

Notes

In some cases there will be an integer literal in your source code without a decernable type. In these cases KSL will attempt to give it the smallest possible type (e.g. 50 will be given an i8). The main thing to note here is that KSL will not give it an unsigned type, always a signed integer. If you wish to use an unsigned integer it must be explicitly stated or casted.