nest.h File Reference

Default types used by the NEST kernel. More...

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Namespaces
	nest
	Class representing a synapse with Hill short term plasticity.

Typedefs
typedef long long	nest::tic_t
	Type for Time tics. More...
typedef double	nest::double_t
	Double precision floating point numbers. More...
typedef float	nest::float_t
	Single precision floating point numbers. More...
typedef int	nest::int_t
	Integer number with at least 16 bit. More...
typedef long	nest::long_t
	Integer number with at least 32 bit. More...
typedef unsigned int	nest::uint_t
	Unsigned int_t. More...
typedef unsigned long	nest::ulong_t
	Unsigned long_t. More...
typedef size_t	nest::index
	Unsigned long type for enumerations. More...
typedef unsigned char	nest::synindex
	Unsigned char type for enumerations of synapse types. More...
typedef unsigned short	nest::targetindex
	Unsigned short type for compact target representation. More...
typedef int_t	nest::thread
	Thread index type. More...
typedef long_t	nest::rport
	Connection port number to distinguish incoming connections, also called receiver port. More...
typedef long_t	nest::port
	Connection port number to distinguis outgoing connections. More...
typedef double_t	nest::weight
	Weight of a connection. More...
typedef long_t	nest::delay
	Delay of a connection. More...

Variables
const tic_t	nest::tic_t_max = LONG_LONG_MAX
const tic_t	nest::tic_t_min = LONG_LONG_MIN
const long_t	nest::long_t_max = LONG_MAX
const long_t	nest::long_t_min = LONG_MIN
const index	nest::invalid_index = std::numeric_limits<index>::max()
const synindex	nest::invalid_synindex = std::numeric_limits<synindex>::max()
const targetindex	nest::invalid_targetindex = std::numeric_limits<targetindex>::max()
const index	nest::max_targetindex = invalid_targetindex - 1
const thread	nest::invalid_thread_ = -1
	Value for invalid connection port number. More...
const rport	nest::invalid_port_ = -1
	Value for invalid connection port number. More...
const long_t	nest::delay_max = long_t_max
const long_t	nest::delay_min = long_t_min

Detailed Description

Default types used by the NEST kernel.

These typedefs should be used in place of the primitive C/C++ types. Thus, it will be easy to change the precision of the kernel or to adapt the kernel to different architectures (e.g. 32 or 64 bit).