Display type alias for primitive types

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I have observed few pallets have type alias for primitive types for chain state.

For eg- Grandpa pallet has one storage setIdSession which shows type as SetId even though its primitive type is u64.

How can i impl same for custom pallet? I have tried creating type alias like PoolId but it always shows primitive type why?

aurexav · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-16 01:51:58Z

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It's a feature of PolkadotJS. It was pre-registered here.

Type alias can't work here. But I'm wondering if PoolId(u64) works.

answered Sep 16, 2022 at 1:51

aurexav♦

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Thanks alot for replying. I have observed mutiple projects which had defined types alias for primitive types. Did they all registered there type? For eg - Automata ContextFree project have defined BridgeChainId which are primitive underneath. But i do not see BridgeChainId in types file you shared. Also, i tested with tuple struct it didn't work for me but then i tied with normal struct it works but don't you think its not logical to use struct for only a single member? What do you think is the most efficient way to overcome this issue?
– Siddharth Teli
Commented Sep 16, 2022 at 2:56
Could you provide the link?
– aurexav ♦
Commented Sep 16, 2022 at 3:13
It looks like they also tweak the types. github.com/automata-network/automata
– aurexav ♦
Commented Sep 16, 2022 at 3:23
How i can too tweak types for my pallet?
– Siddharth Teli
Commented Sep 16, 2022 at 3:41
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It looks like all these projects have added there types here. Automata also defined BridgeChainId Here
– Siddharth Teli
Commented Sep 16, 2022 at 3:48

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