for example in C: long volatile int x; long and volatile are modifiers and there is a descriptor type whose base type is the real type of x
for example in C: long volatile int x; long and volatile are modifiers and there is a descriptor type whose base type is the real type of x. the modifier is an integer with bits set if the modifier holds. the bits are: BIT_SYN, BIT_SHARED, BIT_PRIVATE, BIT_FUTURE, BIT_VIRTUAL, BIT_, BIT_UNSIGNED, BIT_SIGNED, BIT_LONG, BIT_SHORT, BIT_VOLATILE, BIT_CONST, BIT_TYPEDEF, BIT_EXTERN, BIT_AUTO, BIT_STATIC, BIT_REGISTER, BIT_FRIEND, BIT_GLOBAL, and more.variant = T_DESCRIPT
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