For example, to denote a String I could use:

{string,"hjggjhhggJ"}

and a list would be:

{list, [1,2,3]}

: I guess I have found that I am running into situations where I need types, for example to distinguish between strings and lists and I am not sure how to proceed. I do however want to use whatever technique I choose everywhere in my Erlang application for consistency, and not just for strings and lists. Any advice?