Primitive Gosu types

Gosu supports the following Java primitive types, which are provided for compatibility with existing Java code. From Gosu, you can access the Java object versions (non-primitives) of the Java primitive types. For example, java.lang.Boolean is an object type that wraps the behavior of the boolean primitive. Primitive types perform better in terms of performance and space compared to their object versions.

The following table compares primitive types and object types.

Type	Primitive types	Object types
Extends from Object class		•
Can reference an object		•
A variable of this type could contain `null` at run time		•
Exposes methods		•
Exposes properties		•
Can be a member of a collection		•

The following table lists the Java primitives that you can access from Gosu. The table mentions IEEE 754, which is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers standard for binary floating-point arithmetic.

Primitive	Type	Value
`boolean`	Boolean value	`true` or `false`
`byte`	Byte-length integer	8-bit two’s complement
`char`	Single character	16-bit Unicode
`double`	Double-precision floating point number	64-bit (IEEE 754)
`float`	Single-precision floating point number	32-bit (IEEE 754)
`int`	Integer	32-bit two’s complement
`long`	Long integer	64-bit two’s complement
`short`	Short integer	16-bit two’s complement