Re: [Haskell-cafe] data vs type

Ketil Malde wrote:

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I'm trying to figure out how 'data' and 'type'.

How data and type...what? :-)

oops... "work" :)

Generally, 'type' introduces type synonyms, i.e. just gives a new name to an existing type, while 'data' defines new (algebraic) types.

So you can use

type Name = String

Ah. Thanks.

Did that help?

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