type — The classification of a value
type ::=
alt
anchor
annotation
biblioref
indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobject
link
olink
phrase
(db._phrase)remark
replaceable
subscript
superscript
xref
In general usage, Type
identifies one member of a
class of values.
In documenting computer programs, it identifies specifically a
“type,” as might be declared with typedef
in the C programming language.
These elements contain type
: bridgehead
, citation
, citetitle
, classsynopsisinfo
, emphasis
(db.emphasis), entry
, fieldsynopsis
, firstterm
, funcdef
, funcsynopsisinfo
, glosssee
, glossseealso
, glossterm
, html:button
, html:label
, html:legend
, link
, literallayout
, member
, methodparam
, methodsynopsis
, olink
, orgdiv
, para
, paramdef
, phrase
(db.phrase), primary
, primaryie
, programlisting
, quote
, refdescriptor
, refentrytitle
, refname
, refpurpose
, screen
, secondary
, secondaryie
, see
, seealso
, seealsoie
, seeie
, seg
, segtitle
, simpara
, subtitle
, synopsis
, td
, term
, termdef
, tertiary
, tertiaryie
, th
, title
, titleabbrev
, tocentry
.
The following elements occur in type: text, alt
, anchor
, annotation
, biblioref
, indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular), indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject
, link
, olink
, phrase
(db._phrase), remark
, replaceable
, subscript
, superscript
, xref
.
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example type</title> <para>The <function>geteuid</function> function returns a <type>uid_t</type> that contains the user's <emphasis>effective</emphasis> user id. </para> </article>
The geteuid
function returns a uid_t that
contains the user's effective user id.