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Subject: Re: In precision typing we trust
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On 19/08/2025 00:27, Lawrence DOliveiro wrote:
>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?

For example engineering parameters so only valid inputs are possible using
 e.g. ranges. That could be a subtype or new type etc..

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Regards, Kc