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Native Datatypes

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Carl-Philip Haensch

Hi,

There could be "native" Datatypes, that means data types that are compiled into fastest code by compiler (without size casting). An example is the PtrInt, but there should a more intuirive naming:
- BestInt (integer in system size)
- BestFloat (float that is calculated fastest)
- BestString (String performed fastest on this architecture)

That would allow programmers to write efficient code without breaking old pascals datatype bandwith.

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