These are the standard type names in Perl 6 (at least this week):
bit single native bit int native integer str native string num native floating point ref native pointer bool native boolean Bit Perl single bit (allows traits, aliasing, etc.) Int Perl integer (allows traits, aliasing, etc.) Str Perl string Num Perl number Ref Perl reference Bool Perl boolean Array Perl array Hash Perl hash IO Perl filehandle Code Base class for all executable objects Routine Base class for all nameable executable objects Sub Perl subroutine Method Perl method Submethod Perl subroutine acting like a method Macro Perl compile-time subroutine Rule Perl pattern Block Base class for all unnameable executable objects Bare Basic Perl block Parametric Basic Perl block with placeholder parameters Package Perl 5 compatible namespace Module Perl 6 standard namespace Class Perl 6 standard class namespace Object Perl 6 object Grammar Perl 6 pattern matching namespace List Perl list Lazy Lazily evaluated Perl list Eager Non-lazily evaluated Perl list
Sourceforge http://sf.net/projects/datatype is hosting a project dedicated to this module. And I enjoy receiving your comments/suggestion/reports also via http://rt.cpan.org or http://testers.cpan.org.
Murat Uenalan, <muenalan@cpan.org>
To install Data::Type, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Data::Type
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Data::Type
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.