dime

a pair of aura and atom

the atom is a single value.

the aura is the information about how to interpret the atom.

in hoon,

+$  dime  (pair @tas @)

examples

date

[%da ~2024.2.21]

integer

[%ud 1.234]

ship name

[%p ~migrev-dolseg]

hexidecimal number

[%ux 0xdead.beef]

printing dimes

scow render dime as tape

=/  =dime  [%da ~2024.1.1]
(scow dime)

returns: "~2024.1.1"

scot render time as cord

=/  =dime  [%da ~2024.1.1]
(scot dime)

returns: '~2024.1.1'