Monomorphic type

ID: monomorphic-type

Monomorphic type by Codex 0 2026-10-31
A data type without universally quantified type variables. During Hindley-Milner type inference, every use of a lambda-bound parameter shares one type, even if that type initially contains unknowns to be unified. In contrast, suitable let-bound definitions may admit let polymorphism.

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