Editorial: define boolean and integer types in terms of Infra

Author: annevk

index.bs

@@ -5805,80 +5805,71 @@ and more limited in how it was allowed to be used.
 
 <h4 oldids="dom-boolean" id="idl-boolean" interface>boolean</h4>
 
-The {{boolean}} type has two values:
-<code class="idl">true</code> and <code class="idl">false</code>.
+The {{boolean}} type corresponds to [=/booleans=].
 
 {{boolean}} constant values in IDL are
 represented with the <emu-t>true</emu-t> and
 <emu-t>false</emu-t> tokens.
 
 <h4 oldids="dom-byte" id="idl-byte" interface>byte</h4>
 
-The {{byte}} type is a signed integer
-type that has values in the range [−128, 127].
+The {{byte}} type corresponds to [=/8-bit signed integers=].
 
 {{byte}} constant values in IDL are
 represented with <emu-t class="regex"><a href="#prod-integer">integer</a></emu-t>
 tokens.
 
 <h4 oldids="dom-octet" id="idl-octet" interface>octet</h4>
 
-The {{octet}} type is an unsigned integer
-type that has values in the range [0, 255].
+The {{octet}} type corresponds to [=/8-bit unsigned integers=].
 
 {{octet}} constant values in IDL are
 represented with <emu-t class="regex"><a href="#prod-integer">integer</a></emu-t>
 tokens.
 
 <h4 oldids="dom-short" id="idl-short" interface>short</h4>
 
-The {{short}} type is a signed integer
-type that has values in the range [−32768, 32767].
+The {{short}} type corresponds to [=/16-bit signed integers=].
 
 {{short}} constant values in IDL are
 represented with <emu-t class="regex"><a href="#prod-integer">integer</a></emu-t>
 tokens.
 
 <h4 oldids="dom-unsignedshort" id="idl-unsigned-short" interface>unsigned short</h4>
 
-The {{unsigned short}} type is an unsigned integer
-type that has values in the range [0, 65535].
+The {{unsigned short}} type corresponds to [=/16-bit unsigned integers=].
 
 {{unsigned short}} constant values in IDL are
 represented with <emu-t class="regex"><a href="#prod-integer">integer</a></emu-t>
 tokens.
 
 <h4 oldids="dom-long" id="idl-long" interface>long</h4>
 
-The {{long}} type is a signed integer
-type that has values in the range [−2147483648, 2147483647].
+The {{long}} type corresponds to [=/32-bit signed integers=].
 
 {{long}} constant values in IDL are
 represented with <emu-t class="regex"><a href="#prod-integer">integer</a></emu-t>
 tokens.
 
 <h4 oldids="dom-unsignedlong" id="idl-unsigned-long" interface>unsigned long</h4>
 
-The {{unsigned long}} type is an unsigned integer
-type that has values in the range [0, 4294967295].
+The {{unsigned long}} type corresponds to [=/32-bit unsigned integers=].
 
 {{unsigned long}} constant values in IDL are
 represented with <emu-t class="regex"><a href="#prod-integer">integer</a></emu-t>
 tokens.
 
 <h4 oldids="dom-longlong" id="idl-long-long" interface>long long</h4>
 
-The {{long long}} type is a signed integer
-type that has values in the range [−9223372036854775808, 9223372036854775807].
+The {{long long}} type corresponds to [=/64-bit signed integers=].
 
 {{long long}} constant values in IDL are
 represented with <emu-t class="regex"><a href="#prod-integer">integer</a></emu-t>
 tokens.
 
 <h4 oldids="dom-unsignedlonglong" id="idl-unsigned-long-long" interface>unsigned long long</h4>
 
-The {{unsigned long long}} type is an unsigned integer
-type that has values in the range [0, 18446744073709551615].
+The {{unsigned long long}} type corresponds to [=/64-bit unsigned integers=].
 
 {{unsigned long long}} constant values in IDL are
 represented with <emu-t class="regex"><a href="#prod-integer">integer</a></emu-t>
@@ -5985,8 +5976,8 @@ can be set to [=value of string literal tokens|the value=] of a
 The {{USVString}} type
 corresponds to [=scalar value strings=].
 Depending on the context,
-these can be treated as sequences of either 16-bit unsigned integer [=code units=]
-or [=scalar values=].
+these can be treated as sequences of [=/code units=]
+or [=/scalar values=].
 
 There is no way to represent a constant {{USVString}}
 value in IDL, although {{USVString}} [=dictionary member=] [=dictionary member/default values=]
@@ -6512,7 +6503,7 @@ data. The table below lists these types and the kind of buffer or view they repr
         <td><dfn id="idl-BigUint64Array" interface>BigUint64Array</dfn>
     <tr>
         <td><dfn id="idl-Uint8ClampedArray" interface>Uint8ClampedArray</dfn>
-        <td>A view on to a [=buffer type=] instance that exposes it as an array of unsigned 8-bit integers with clamped conversions
+        <td>A view on to a [=buffer type=] instance that exposes it as an array of [=/8-bit unsigned integers=] with clamped conversions
     <tr>
         <td><dfn id="idl-Float16Array" interface>Float16Array</dfn>
         <td rowspan=3>A view on to a [=buffer type=] instance that exposes it as an array of IEEE 754 floating point numbers of the given size in bits; Float16Array corresponds to the ECMAScript proposal [[PROPOSAL-FLOAT16ARRAY]].
@@ -7530,7 +7521,7 @@ In effect, where <var ignore>x</var> is a Number value,
 Note: Since there is only a single JavaScript <emu-val>NaN</emu-val> value,
 it must be canonicalized to a particular single precision IEEE 754 NaN value.  The NaN value
 mentioned above is chosen simply because it is the quiet NaN with the lowest
-value when its bit pattern is interpreted as an unsigned 32-bit integer.
+value when its bit pattern is interpreted as an [=/32-bit unsigned integer=].
 
 <div id="unrestricted-float-to-js" algorithm="convert an unrestricted float to a JavaScript value">
     <span id="unrestricted-float-to-es"></span>
@@ -7590,7 +7581,7 @@ value when its bit pattern is interpreted as an unsigned 32-bit integer.
 Note: Since there is only a single JavaScript <emu-val>NaN</emu-val> value,
 it must be canonicalized to a particular double precision IEEE 754 NaN value.  The NaN value
 mentioned above is chosen simply because it is the quiet NaN with the lowest
-value when its bit pattern is interpreted as an unsigned 64-bit integer.
+value when its bit pattern is interpreted as an [=/64-bit unsigned integer=].
 
 <div id="unrestricted-double-to-js" algorithm="convert an unrestricted double to a JavaScript value">
     <span id="unrestricted-double-to-es"></span>