Document `typeof` in pure.rst (GH-4301)

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Commit c4774219 authored Jul 20, 2021 by 0dminnimda Committed by GitHub Jul 20, 2021
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@@ -243,6 +243,13 @@ Further Cython functions and declarations
    print(cython.sizeof(cython.longlong))
    print(cython.sizeof(n))

+* ``typeof`` returns a string representation of the argument's type for debugging purposes.  It can take expressions.
+
+  ::
+
+    cython.declare(n=cython.longlong)
+    print(cython.typeof(n))
+
 * ``struct`` can be used to create struct types.::

    MyStruct = cython.struct(x=cython.int, y=cython.int, data=cython.double)