# Elixir language reference

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**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [November 15, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-language-reference/2397 "2016-11-15T14:25:11Z")\
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> [@josevalim](#):
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> That’s why I said you won’t find the documentation for what \<\<1::byte\>\> means in the syntax reference

Ok, thanks! I agree with you, then. The types inside the `<<>>` are certainly not syntax, and they shouldn’t be highlighted any differently in a syntax highlighter.

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