diff options
author | Marti Bolivar <mbolivar@mit.edu> | 2010-12-03 20:18:00 -0500 |
---|---|---|
committer | Marti Bolivar <mbolivar@mit.edu> | 2010-12-03 20:18:00 -0500 |
commit | 5ceac644e90c929e77f05d357d1d35d45e673fac (patch) | |
tree | 18c76f6117942fa46391fbbd8bd24e2c759c4895 /docs/source/lang/bytecast.rst | |
parent | e5b1e44a8ae8c593456f4b4734f05c9065f6f07b (diff) | |
download | librambutan-5ceac644e90c929e77f05d357d1d35d45e673fac.tar.gz librambutan-5ceac644e90c929e77f05d357d1d35d45e673fac.zip |
cleaning up previous commits.
note that addition of new files under docs/source/lang/api and
docs/source/lang/cpp which were just copies of files in
docs/source/lang/ imply that change history is lost to git.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/source/lang/bytecast.rst')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/source/lang/bytecast.rst | 50 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 50 deletions
diff --git a/docs/source/lang/bytecast.rst b/docs/source/lang/bytecast.rst deleted file mode 100644 index b3f0de2..0000000 --- a/docs/source/lang/bytecast.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -.. highlight:: cpp - -.. _lang-bytecast: - -byte() (cast) -============= - -Converts a value to the :ref:`byte <lang-byte>` data type. - -.. note:: - - Casting to the byte type is provided for compatibility with - Arduino. However, the recommended Maple type for storing an 8-bit - unsigned integer is ``uint8``. (C and C++ programmers: ``stdint.h`` - is also available). - - In order to cast a variable ``x`` to a ``uint8``, the - following syntax can be used:: - - uint8(x); - -Syntax ------- - -``byte(x)`` - - -Parameters ----------- - -**x**: a value of any integer type - - -Returns -------- - -The value, converted to a ``byte``. Note, however, that if the value -is larger than the maximum value you can store in a byte (255), then -the results might be strange and unexpected. - - -See Also --------- - -- :ref:`lang-byte` - - - - -.. include:: cc-attribution.txt |