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# Generics
Limbo supports polymorphic types as well as a form of pseudo-unions and pseudo-interfaces as per C and Go respectively.
Warning: This is an example about an undocumented feature of Limbo. All assertions or explanations provided are considered conjecture until proven otherwise.
## Source
### generics.b:17,21
### generics.b:23,32
### generics.b:34,44
### generics.b:46,50
### generics.b:56,63
`.ws()` is defined at: generics.b:103,109
### generics.b:65,69
### generics.b:71,83
`ismember()` is defined at: generics.b:132,144
`.eq()` is defined at: generics.b:111,114
### generics.b:85,87
`rev()` is defined at: generics.b:154,161
### generics.b:89,98
`pair()` is defined at: generics.b:146,152
## Demo
; generics
Type something: asdf
Broke on 'a'
5
Five
Found 9!
Head was: :(
Head is: ☺
Head of plist: ( hello, { :(, 7 } )
;
## Exercises
- Can you find a way to make the `eq()` function do a deep comparison of `Int`'s?
- Try removing the `.String` from the `words` definition, what happens?
- Try removing `ref anywhere, see what happens.
## References
- https://github.com/caerwynj/inferno-lab/blob/master/78/README.md
- https://github.com/caerwynj/inferno-lab/blob/master/27/sexprs.b
- /appl/lib/lists.b