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\* if there is no default type for the untyped type, the type of the value cannot be inferred and this will cause an error.

### What is the size of `int`?
`size_of(int) = size_of(uint) = size_of(rawptr)`. For portability, code that relies on a particular size of value should use an explicitly sized type, like `i64`. `int` and `uint` are guaranteed to be big enough to represent a pointer; however, please use `uintptr` to represent a pointer.
`size_of(int) = size_of(uint) >= size_of(uintptr) = size_of(rawptr)`. For portability, code that relies on a particular size of value should use an explicitly sized type, like `i64`. `int` and `uint` are guaranteed to be big enough to represent a pointer; however, please use `uintptr` to represent a pointer.

Floating-point types and complex types are always sized, because the programmer should be aware of precision.

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