[mercury-users] maybe(T)

[Michael Day]

:- type maybe(T)
	--->	yes(T)
	;	no.

On the C backends, is this type implemented by using a pointer to T to
represent yes(T) and NULL to represent no? If not, is it implemented using
an equally efficient strategy?

Michael

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