Type System

Default Values

Some types provide a default value that can be used in a variable declaration when no initializer is provided. These types are:

• string: an empty string

• int: 0

• float: 0.0

• list: an empty list

• map: an empty map

So, for example, a variable declared like so:

will have a value of 0, and this variable declaration:

will result in the variable m being assigned to an empty map whose keys are strings and values are integers.