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Union types > Custom types (#3884)
No longer referred to as "union types" in Elm. :) https://guide.elm-lang.org/types/custom_types.html
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@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ List.map : (a -> b) -> List a -> List b
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-- Comparable allows you to order numbers and strings, like a < b.
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-- Appendable things can be combined with a ++ b.
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{-- Type Aliases and Union Types --}
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{-- Type Aliases and Custom Types --}
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-- When you write a record or tuple, its type already exists.
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-- (Notice that record types use colon and record values use equals.)
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@ -244,28 +244,28 @@ otherOrigin =
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-- But it's still the same type, so you can equate them.
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origin == otherOrigin -- True
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-- By contrast, defining a union type creates a type that didn't exist before.
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-- A union type is so called because it can be one of many possibilities.
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-- Each of the possibilities is represented as a "tag".
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-- By contrast, defining a custom type creates a type that didn't exist before.
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-- A custom type is so called because it can be one of many possibilities.
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-- Each of the possibilities is represented as a "type variant".
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type Direction =
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North | South | East | West
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-- Tags can carry other values of known type. This can work recursively.
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-- Type variants can carry other values of known type. This can work recursively.
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type IntTree =
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Leaf | Node Int IntTree IntTree
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-- "Leaf" and "Node" are the tags. Everything following a tag is a type.
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-- "Leaf" and "Node" are the type variants. Everything following a type variant is a type.
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-- Tags can be used as values or functions.
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-- Type variants can be used as values or functions.
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root : IntTree
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root =
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Node 7 Leaf Leaf
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-- Union types (and type aliases) can use type variables.
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-- Custom types (and type aliases) can use type variables.
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type Tree a =
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Leaf | Node a (Tree a) (Tree a)
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-- "The type tree-of-a is a leaf, or a node of a, tree-of-a, and tree-of-a."
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-- Pattern match union tags. The uppercase tags will be matched exactly. The
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-- Pattern match variants in a custom type. The uppercase variants will be matched exactly. The
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-- lowercase variables will match anything. Underscore also matches anything,
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-- but signifies that you aren't using it.
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leftmostElement : Tree a -> Maybe a
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@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ module Name where
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-- By default, everything is exported. You can specify exports explicitly.
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module Name (MyType, myValue) where
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-- One common pattern is to export a union type but not its tags. This is known
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-- One common pattern is to export a custom type but not its type variants. This is known
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-- as an "opaque type", and is frequently used in libraries.
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-- Import code from other modules to use it in this one.
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