[basic.fundamental] Remove "integer type"
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Description
We currently have https://eel.is/c++draft/basic.fundamental#11.sentence-3:
A synonym for integral type is integer type.
This synonym is negatively useful; it is confusing and adds no value. We arbitrarily use "integer type" and "integral type" in different places.
https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2025/p3701r0.html#wording contains a superset of the necessary changes. We can get rid of this definition and replace "integer" with "integral" where appropriate. I'm not sure if P3701R0 could find consensus though; irrespective of that, the editorial change makes sense.
@jensmaurer has expressed some appetite for such a change in the past.
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Start at basic.fundamental#11.sentence-3 in the draft and review the occurrences of “integer type” and “integer” in the surrounding standard wording. Compare the proposed superset of changes in P3701R0, then remove the synonym definition and replace uses where appropriate. Done means the draft consistently uses “integral type” without changing the intended meaning.
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