[m-dev.] Re: For review: changes to graph.m

[Peter Schachte]

On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Andrew Bromage wrote:

> Ignoring the possibility of changing between representations depending
> on the amount of data stored (eg represent sets by lists for "small"  
> data sets and trees for "big" sets), this is a perfect application of
> existential types, which are on the "to do" list.

How do existential types help with this?

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