I’m a little confused as to the difference between a type and a data type in Haskell.
From the literature I have encountered I got the impression they were different concepts.
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I’m a little confused as to the difference between a type and a data type in Haskell.
From the literature I have encountered I got the impression they were different concepts.
Type and data type refer to exactly the same concept.
The Haskell keywords
typeanddataare different, though:dataallows you to introduce a new algebraic data type, whiletypejust makes a type synonym.See the Haskell wiki for details.