[m-dev.] .int3 files

[Fergus Henderson]

On 16-Jun-2005, Ralph Becket <rafe at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> 
> Can someone explain why discriminated union types are written out in
> abstract form?

The smaller the contents of the .int3 files, the less chance
there is that a small change will require recompiling the world.

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