Elixir's Info function

The elixir Kernel module has an interesting function i/1 that returns information about whatever you pass to it.

It will provide the argument's data type, byte size, raw representation, a description, and reference modules

i("hello world")

#=>
# Term
#  "hello world"
# Data type
#  BitString
# Byte size
#  11
# Description
#  This is a string: a UTF-8 encoded binary. It's printed surrounded by
#  "double quotes" because all UTF-8 encoded code points in it are printable.
# Raw representation
#  <<104, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 119, 111, 114, 108, 100>>
# Reference modules
#  String, :binary
# Implemented protocols
#  Collectable, IEx.Info, Inspect, List.Chars, String.Chars

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Elixir's Info function