[m-users.] higher order issue: `ground` seen but expecting higher-order pred

Mark Brown mark at mercurylang.org
Thu Oct 6 19:53:28 AEDT 2022


> On 6 Oct 2022, at 07:14, Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:

> > Ralph's tutorial has a section on univs, which are existentially
> typed. However, the connection may not be completely clear as Ralph
> has evidently avoided language that is too formal.
>
>
> ... and existential types aren't covered.

Check out the univ.m module in the standard library. It's a short
module, and univs are a simple example of existentially typed data.

> The Reference Manual is fine as a reference. But it isn't a tutorial. And
> many of the topics it covers are difficult to grasp without previous
> knowledge...

Yes, I agree with this.

Mark

>
> Bye
> V.W.
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