It's totally legit to cull a function, get back a value, do nothing with it other than compare it to another value.

挑选一个函数是完全合法的，返回一个值，用它来做些事情而不是用它与其它的值比较。

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And we've only just begun using it, but it has just a bunch GetInt GetString GetDouble of very useful functions like GetInt, GetString, GetDouble, And so as those names imply, you can just cull these functions with no arguments and you'll get back that data type based on its name.

我们刚开始使用了它，里面有很多的,有用的函数，像，所以，那些名字暗示，你可以挑选这些,没有参数的函数，然后你可以通过它的名字,获取他们的数据类型。

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