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 * **union**: union type containing one of the given subtypes
     * round bracket notation `(type1, type2, ...)`, e.g. `("uint64", "null")`
 
+#### Variable-size and fixed-size
+
 We recursively define "variable-size" types to be lists and unions and all types that contain a variable-size type. All other types are said to be "fixed-size".
 
 #### Illegal empty composites