What is the return type of "type" in solidity?

Question

In solidity, you can call the `type` function [to get information about a type](https://docs.soliditylang.org/en/v0.8.17/units-and-global-variables.html?highlight=type#type-information).

But what is the return type of the `type` function?

```javascript
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity 0.8.7;

contract TypeTest {
    function whatType() public returns(?????){
        return type(uint16);
    }
}
```

Answer

According to the [solidity docs](https://docs.soliditylang.org/en/v0.8.17/units-and-global-variables.html?highlight=type#type-information) you can't just return `type(uint)` it has to have `type(uint256).max` or min or something.

What is the return type of "type" in solidity?

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