== Primitives (Middle Layer) ==

(currently only for Parameters)

Data Structure of a primitive:

{{{
Data fields:

 int    type 
        storage type (ATOM or ARRAY_OF_ATOMS)

 int 	ident
 	C type identifier (int,float,pointer)

 size_t length
 	length of array

 int 	flags
 	flags to set on this object (readonly/writeable)

 union:

        atom_t *atom
 	        generic pointer to value

        atom_t **array
 	        array of atoms (of type ident) 

}}}


Interface definitions (todo: provide a list of all stub functions):