Re: [xml-dev] Subtyping in XML

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Re: [xml-dev] Subtyping in XML
"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" scripsit:

> Ok.  Still, he said 
> 
> "types first and formost define a concept of membership.
> Such definitions must be formal and unambiguous."
> 
> So are you saying "unambiguous" means countable?

No, that's a side constraint.  Real numbers are a class/set with uncountably
many members, but not a type.  Floating-point numbers are a type.

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