Primitive Data Types

A consolidated summary of every built-in primitive type in Rux, grouped by family. These names are predefined identifiers — some are compiler-provided aliases — not keywords; they live in the type namespace. Each entry links to its full page.

In the Status column, ✓ marks types available in the current release; Planned marks types that are specified but not yet implemented.

Signed Integers

Type	Size	Range	Suffix	Status
`int`	4 or 8 bytes	target-dependent (`int32` / `int64`)	`i`	✓
`int8`	1 byte	−128 … 127	`i8`	✓
`int16`	2 bytes	−32,768 … 32,767	`i16`	✓
`int32`	4 bytes	−2,147,483,648 … 2,147,483,647	`i32`	✓
`int64`	8 bytes	±9.22 × 10¹⁸	`i64`	✓
`int128`	16 bytes	±1.70 × 10³⁸	`i128`	Planned
`int256`	32 bytes	±5.79 × 10⁷⁶	`i256`	Planned
`int512`	64 bytes	±6.70 × 10¹⁵³	`i512`	Planned

Unsigned Integers

Type	Size	Range	Suffix	Status
`uint`	4 or 8 bytes	target-dependent (`uint32` / `uint64`)	`u`	✓
`uint8`	1 byte	0 … 255	`u8`	✓
`uint16`	2 bytes	0 … 65,535	`u16`	✓
`uint32`	4 bytes	0 … 4,294,967,295	`u32`	✓
`uint64`	8 bytes	0 … 1.84 × 10¹⁹	`u64`	✓
`uint128`	16 bytes	0 … 3.40 × 10³⁸	`u128`	Planned
`uint256`	32 bytes	0 … 1.16 × 10⁷⁷	`u256`	Planned
`uint512`	64 bytes	0 … 1.34 × 10¹⁵⁴	`u512`	Planned

Floating-Point

Type	Size	Format	Approx. magnitude	Suffix	Status
`float`	8 bytes	alias of `float64`	±1.8 × 10³⁰⁸	—	✓
`float8`	1 byte	E4M3	±4.5 × 10²	`f8`	Planned
`float16`	2 bytes	IEEE 754 binary16	±6.5 × 10⁴	`f16`	Planned
`float32`	4 bytes	IEEE 754 binary32	±3.4 × 10³⁸	`f32`	✓
`float64`	8 bytes	IEEE 754 binary64	±1.8 × 10³⁰⁸	`f64`	✓
`float80`	10 bytes	x87 extended	±1.2 × 10⁴⁹³²	`f80`	Planned
`float128`	16 bytes	IEEE 754 binary128	±1.2 × 10⁴⁹³²	`f128`	Planned
`float256`	32 bytes	Rux extension	±1.6 × 10⁷⁸⁹¹³	`f256`	Planned
`float512`	64 bytes	Rux extension	±2.0 × 10^1262611	`f512`	Planned

Boolean

Type	Size	Values	Status
`bool`	1 byte	alias of `bool8`	✓
`bool8`	1 byte	`false` / `true`	✓
`bool16`	2 bytes	`false` / `true`	✓
`bool32`	4 bytes	`false` / `true`	✓
`bool64`	8 bytes	`false` / `true`	Planned
`bool128`	16 bytes	`false` / `true`	Planned
`bool256`	32 bytes	`false` / `true`	Planned
`bool512`	64 bytes	`false` / `true`	Planned

Character

Type	Size	Range / Coverage	Status
`char`	4 bytes	alias of `char32`	✓
`char8`	1 byte	U+0000 – U+00FF (ASCII / Latin-1)	✓
`char16`	2 bytes	U+0000 – U+FFFF (BMP)	✓
`char32`	4 bytes	U+0000 – U+10FFFF (all Unicode)	✓
`char64`	8 bytes	0 – 2⁶⁴−1 (no Unicode)	Planned
`char128`	16 bytes	0 – 2¹²⁸−1 (no Unicode)	Planned
`char256`	32 bytes	0 – 2²⁵⁶−1 (no Unicode)	Planned
`char512`	64 bytes	0 – 2⁵¹²−1 (no Unicode)	Planned

Defaults and Aliases

An unsuffixed integer literal is inferred as int; an unsuffixed floating-point literal is inferred as float64.
int and uint track the target's pointer width — int32/uint32 on 32-bit targets, int64/uint64 on 64-bit targets.
float → float64, bool → bool8, and char → char32 are compiler-provided aliases (see Built-in Aliases).
Rux performs no implicit numeric conversions; every cross-type conversion uses the as operator.

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