• Lilac [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Typed functional languages usually do, as mentioned by others. This is form of Algebraic Data Type called a Sum Type (as oppose to a Product type, which is basically a normal struct).

    Here’s some examples of creating a binary tree in different languages (also Lemmy’s code formatter is terrible)

    Examples

    Haskell

    data Tree a = Empty | Leaf a | Node (Tree a) (Tree a)

    F#

    type Tree<'a> = Empty | Leaf of 'a | Node of (Tree<'a> * Tree<'a>)

    Scala

    sealed trait Tree[+A]

    case class Empty[A]() extends Tree[A]

    case class Leaf[A](a: A) extends Tree[A]

    case class Node[A](left: Tree[A], right: Tree[A]) extends Tree[A]

    Rust

    enum Tree<T> {

    Empty,

    Leaf(T),

    Node(Box<Tree<T>>, Box<Tree<T>>),

    }