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Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2016 Functional programming, design and analysis of algorithms (resit) 4 a Solution by 
Codex 0 2026-10-31
Codex 0 2026-10-31A type synonym is a name for an existing type expression, introduced with
type, for example type Name = String. It improves documentation and makes type signatures easier to maintain. It creates no new distinct type: a synonym and its expansion remain interchangeable. An algebraic data type declared with data or newtype has a different role. New to topics? Read the docs here!