Location specifiers in solidity function parameters

Question

I understand that I need to tell solidity where a parameter is located, for example a string:

function f(string memory abc) {...

Because a string could be calldata (passed in original method call) or it could be memory or it could be storage.

But this does not seem to be required for other types such as uint.

Why only string needs to be specified?

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– goodvibration
Mar 8 '19 at 12:14 — goodvibration, Mar 8 '19 at 12:14

Hardly Difficult · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-09 00:58:36Z

The location specifier is required on any reference type (as opposed to a value type).

A reference type is a variable which holds a pointer to data of interest. For example any array, a struct, bytes, or a string.

A value type is a variable which holds the data of interest. This would be the basic types such as uint, address, etc.

Just to clarify as it's a common point of confusion, string is short-hand notation for an array of bytes.

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