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One particular argument, that I've heard come up multiple times now, is that teachers are complaining about the length function being polymorphic. Apparently length :: forall a. Foldable f => f a -> Int is hard to grasp/understand/accept for a new-comer. The solutions proposed to solve this problem are to:
Return length to its non-Foldable type
Use a custom Prelude to teach beginners
Drawbacks for 1 include that practicioners like the fact that length works for all kinds of data structures, and don't want that taken away from them. The primary problem with solution 2 is that students can't go and use their aquired knowledge to work on Open
"A phantom type is a parametrised type whose parameters do not all appear on the right-hand side of its definition..."
Haskell Wiki, PhantomType
The following write-up is intended as an introduction into using phantom types in ReasonML.
Taking a look at the above definition from the Haskell wiki, it states that phantom types are parametrised types where not all parameters appear on the right-hand side. Let's try to see if we can implement a similar example as in said wiki.
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