What English word would you use to describe a particular example of a type constructor, in the sense that `List[Int]` and `List[String]` are examples of `List`s? I'd like to avoid calling them "examples" if possible.
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Unspecialised? Generic? Template?
By the way, I had a different thread on the meaning of "template" the other day, and the meaning is very closely related, though I intend template to basically be "the class or trait definition, including the constructor and method implementations".
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Template is also bad because it is overloaded with its C++ meaning which has its own implementation baggage.
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Yes, though I'm trying to reclaim that from C++!
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