type->initialise

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      - class type
        
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        type->initialise
        
        type->validate

type ->initialise: name=name, kind=[name], context=[any], supers=[chain*]

Create a new type object. Name is the name of the type and should not already exist (see also type<-lookup). After creation, the type is object->protect’ed and a mapping from the type type<-fullname to the type object is added to the hash_table object @types. The arguments are:

name type<-fullname of the new type. This name will be added to the type name-table and must be unique.
type<-kind Determines the validate and translate behaviour (the interpretation of the context).
type<-context The context value. See type->kind for details
type<-supers Alternative types of datums accepted
Types are normally created by converting names (see type<-convert) or type<-copy to create synonym names for a complex type.

See also
- type<-convert
- type<-copy