[Haskell-beginners] Type unions

[Russ Abbott]

My typo started this most recent confusion. When I wrote

data AorB = A | B

compiles with error.
That raises the question of what it really means!


I meant to say

 data AorB = A | B

compiles *without *error.
That raises the question of what it really means!

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-- Russ *


On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Tobias Brandt <tob.brandt at googlemail.com>wrote:

> On 14 December 2010 22:02, Hector Guilarte <hectorg87 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Tobias you replied at the same time I was answering, you did explained
> what
> > is happening,
> > however, you said something which isn't right. As I mentioned before,
> "Type
> > Constructors" and
> > "Value Constructors" are in different scopes, and so, their names can be
> > used again...
> > if you don't believe me, give it a try with this example.
>
> I believe you. As I said, I was talking crap :-)
>
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