NEWTYPE Instruction

NEWTYPE newtype datatype

NEWTYPE allows you to define your own type name as shorthand for a more complicated data type.

Parameters

newtype	The identifier that you want to use as shorthand for a more complicated data type. Note that, unlike standard RATS data types, you need to use the entire name, not just the first three letters.
datatype	The data type that newtype can now be used to represent.

Example

This creates the type name GARCHSwitch to represent a function of an INTEGER that returns a VECTOR.

new GARCHSwitch function[vector](integer)

declare GARCHSwitch msgarchfnc