So many types...do you use them all???

[xantavis]

Hello guys,
I don't know if this is of any importance, but I use CodeBlocks.

Well, I wanted to see how many different types (I dont think you call them types, but as an amateur, i dont know the names yet...) there are in cpp. So I wrote a single dot '.' and waited for the possible options to appear. I did the same thing writing 'cin.'
I discovered that there must be over 500 of these types. Do you use them all?


/*And in case you know CodeBlocks (maybe there isnt any diference to other programming programs), before these types, there are
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yellow dots
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/// This 2nd Paragraph is mot the main question (I dont even know if it belongs ///is this cpp forum). Just in case someone of you knows codeblocks (maybe an ///example to each of these different 'dots' would help...).

[viliml]

Those aren't just types! There are variables and functions too.

[zb0S216C]

xantavis wrote:

"Do you use them all? "

That depends entirely on the project, and what you need done. There's no point in using std::fstream in a project that doesn't warrant the use of file I/O. The standard types are auxiliary types. In other words, they assist the programmer by pre-defining types to save production time. You don't have to use them:

int main()
{
    return(0);
}

This is the simplest form of C++ program you're going to get, and guess what, no libraries, and no types.

_Wazzak