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by Alifatisk 771 days ago
Isn’t ADT abbreviation for Abstract Data Type? Or does it depend in context nowadays?
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Context. It means algebraic data type here.
You answered your own question: it depends and the context and is confusing imo. Both are very common in compsci
No I didn’t, I provided two options and asked which case it was. I could’ve assumed OP had used the wrong abbreviation.
Wait until you switch to unions in rust and ask yourself whether it is a union or a struct.
Oh dear