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On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:08:32 +0200, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

> What Richard refers to is an accuracy of mapping a type to the problem
> space. Talking about numerical entities the model types have precision,
> range, accuracy (float vs. fixed-point vs. unbounded), behavior like
> rounding, handling of exceptional states (breaking out the model) etc.

Subclassing?