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Type Constructors

• Atomic Types. These are types that do not make use of any RT++ types. Examples of such types are C++ integers, floating points, and also classes provided that they do not contain RT++ types as components. For each such type T, the following global declaration must be provided:  

  Atom(T);
  

  Atom is a macro whose application declares some externally visible symbols in the corresponding object file. For each type T, Atom(T) must therefore appear in one C++ source file only.
• Reference Types. These are C++ classes that contain at least one RT++ type as component. For each such type T, two public member functions have to be defined:  
  • init(). This function must call the init() function of each RT++ type component.
  • scan(). This function must call the scan() function of each RT++ type component.
  Furthermore, in one C++ source file the following global declaration must be provided:

  Ref(T);