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bottom types

bottom types is the plural of bottom type.

Meaning of bottom type

Noun

bottom type (plural bottom types)

  1. (type theory) The type that is a subtype of all other types.
    • A new notion to many Java developers will be the idea that a class hierarchy can have common bottom types. These are types that are subtypes of all types. Scala's types Null and Nothing are both bottom types.2017, Toby Weston, Scala for Java Developers: A Practical Primer, Apress, →ISBN, page 25

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What is bottom types the plural of?
Bottom types is the plural of bottom type.

Words near bottom types in the dictionary

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