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Types of User Types:

////	Use	Syntax	Pro/Con
Struct	Storing a group of variables	struct name { field-type field-name; …};	Very useful and simple
Union	Defines a set of types or literals that a variable of this type can be	type union-name = type-orliteral1 | type-orliteral2…..;	Amazingly powerful for much more than just making a variable of multiple types
Alias	Aliases a type to a name	type alias-name = type-to-alias;	Simple, just aliasing a name
Enum	Stores a collection of name -> literal mappings	enum name = { fieldone = value; …..};	Can do something similar with unions, however enums are more usefull and explicit for this use.

Syntax And examples

Struct syntax is:

struct struct-name {
    field-type field-name;
    ...
}

For Example

struct Point {
    int x;
    int y;
    int z;
}

Union syntax is very simple. It is as follows

type union-name = type1 | type2.....

For Example

type Number = int | double | float | "1";

Alias syntax is

type name = thing;

So

type IntAlias = int;

And Enum syntax is

enum name {
    name1 = value1;
    name2 = value2;... //If you don't set the values it will auto increment from 0 -> ...
};

So an example would be

enum Status {
    ERROR = 1;
    TIMEOUT = 2;
    OK = 0;
};