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@@ -83,9 +83,13 @@ header" throughout the rest of this document.
 
 4. Types
 
 
 4. Types
 

+Types are organized as type classes. Each type class belong to either of two
+kind of types: basic types or compound types.
+

 4.1 Basic types
 
 4.1 Basic types
 

-A basic type is a scalar type, as described in this section.
+A basic type is a scalar type, as described in this section. It includes
+integers, GNU/C bitfields, enumerations, and floating point values.

 
 4.1.1 Type inheritance
 
 
 4.1.1 Type inheritance
 


@@ -300,8 +304,12 @@ enum <integer_type> {
   ...
 }
 
   ...
 }
 

+

 4.2 Compound types
 
 4.2 Compound types
 

+Compound are aggregation of type declarations. Compound types include
+structures, variant, arrays, sequences, and strings.
+

 4.2.1 Structures
 
 Structures are aligned on the largest alignment required by basic types
 4.2.1 Structures
 
 Structures are aligned on the largest alignment required by basic types