Module 08 Study Guide

Learning Objectives

• Explain what data types, primitive data types, structured, and user-defined data types are
• Explain what a descriptor is
• List and describe standard numeric types such as integer, float, double, complex, and decimal
• Explain the design issues for strings and various implementation alternatives for string types
• List and describe various ordinal types including Boolean, character, enumeration, and subrange types
• Explain what array types are and the various ways array types are implemented
• List and explain array operations
• Calculate byte offset from array base addresses of array elements given details about the array
• Explain what associative arrays are and how they are implemented
• Explain what records are and how they are implemented
• Explain what tuples and list types are
• Explain what union types are, how issues of type safety are resolved, and how unions are implemented

Resources

• CPL 6.1-6.10
• Slides: Lam

Deliverables

The test for this module will be due on Canvas this Friday at the time given on the Canvas assignment. You will have an opportunity to re-take a different version of the same test next week. If you choose to do the re-take, your grade for this module will be the higher of the two scores.