Upcoming Datatype $WORD... What Will It Mean?

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@bradrn

Currently, there is only one exception to that trend: TYPE-*, which has no particular relationship to these operations, but can modify other datatypes nonetheless. And it shows, in that the usage of TYPE-GROUP! and TYPE-BLOCK! seems fairly ad-hoc, in that it’s hard to predict from the types themselves.

I will willingly admit/shout that there is a whole lot of nebulous murk regarding the question of datatypes, and I am extremely open to suggestions on what to do better.

I made a new thread where you can solve it:

Ugly Types: Less Ugly Than History, Can We Do Better?