nition can be used for a Stan variable <code>y</code> declared as
<code>real</code> or as <code>int</code>. Assigning an integer value to a real
variable automatically promotes the integer value to a real value.</p>
<p>Integer values may optionally be followed by <code>L</code> or <code>l</code>,
denoting long integer values. The following example, where the type is
explicit, is equivalent to the above.</p>
<pre><code>y &lt;- 2L</code></pre>
<p>The following dump file provides a real value for <code>y</code