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"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...> writes:

> How does one make an abstract type "generous"?

Judicious use of wildcards and/or elements with ur-type so they can be 
substituion group heads w/o much constraint.

> Serious question because of one design I've 
> worked on that insists on a primary schema 
> with derived secondary schemas.  To me the 
> term "generous" resonates with what is to 
> be achieved in that design, so I would like 
> to understand you more formally.

Understood -- I wish I could say something more formally.

ht
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