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Unifex supports generating code both for usage with NIF's and CNode's. Nevertheless, some types can be not implemented yet. Below we present which types you can use at this moment. You can also refer to #42 to see state of work on remaining types.

Supported types

Elixir type	Native type	in NIF as a function parameter	in NIF as a return type	in CNode as a function parameter	in CNode as a return type
`atom`	`char *`	✅	✅	✅	✅
`bool`	`int`	✅	✅	✅	✅
`unsigned`	`unsigned int`	✅	✅	✅	✅
`uint64`	`uint64_t`	✅	✅	✅	✅
`int`	`int`	✅	✅	✅	✅
`int64`	`int64_t`	✅	✅	✅	✅
`float`	`double`	✅	✅	✅	✅
`payload`	`UnifexPayload`	✅	✅	✅	✅
`pid`	`UnifexPid`	✅	✅	✅	✅
`string`	`char *`	✅	✅	✅	✅
`[type]`	`native_type *`, `unsigned int`	✅	✅	✅	✅

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