<machine-word>

Sealed Class

Summary

The class of objects that can represent a limited range of integral values.

Superclasses

<object>

Init-keywords

None.

Library

dylan

Module

machine-word

Description

The class <machine-word> represents a limited range of integral values. The representation used has the natural size suggested by the implementation architecture. The class <machine-word> is disjoint from all other classes specified by the Dylan language.

Operations

The <machine-words> class provides the operations described below and in Section 6.2 on page 152.