Re: Integral types and own type definitions (was Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?)

On 2025-03-25, Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> wrote:

On 25/03/2025 11:55, Tim Rentsch wrote:

The problem is that what was written used the word "integral"
incorrectly.

>
But "integer type" is also a problem. 'Integer' is a noun, not an
adjective. To modify the noun 'type' you need an adjective that
means 'of, pertaining to, or being an integer'. The only
available candidate is 'integral'.

 How can you post that from of the proximity of the birth place
of the English language?
 The English language features noun phrases (NPs), and in that
category are found compound nouns.  Compound nouns have a head. The head
is always the rightmost element of the sequence. The other nouns modify
the head as if they were adjectives.