Inductive Data Type

Inductive data type may refer to:

  • Recursive data type, a data type for values that may contain other values of the same type. Data of recursive types are usually viewed as directed graphs
  • Algebraic data type, a datatype each of whose values is data from other datatypes wrapped in one of the constructors of the datatype
  • Inductive family, a family of inductive data types indexed by another type or value

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