Algebraic data type

A Composite data type defined inductively from other types. Typically, each type has a number of cases or alternatives, which each case having a constructor with zero or more arguments. For example, data Expr = Int(int i) | Plus(Expr a, Expr b). The data type can be seen as an algebraic signature, with the expressions written using the constructors being terms. For our purposes, values may be interpreted as trees, with the constructor name being node labels, arguments being children, and atomic values and nullary constructors being leaves.

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