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Allocation-free vocabulary for Copper value descriptions and logical metadata.
Copper owns the catalogue. Numeric IDs are permanent: additions receive new IDs, and existing IDs must never be reused or renumbered.
Enums§
- Quantity
- Copper’s supported physical quantities, independent of scalar width.
- Quantity
Metadata - A physical quantity associated with a compatible storage unit.
- Record
Shape - Exported shape of an aggregate.
- Scalar
- Scalar width and signedness. Integer encoding and endianness come from the codec configuration.
- Storage
Unit - Physical storage unit, with coherent units identified by their quantity.
- Time
Storage Unit - Storage choices for Copper time quantities.
- Value
Metadata - Copper-owned logical metadata attached to a value’s schema.