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Bottom type

In type theory, a theory within mathematical logic, the bottom type of a type system is the type that is a subtype of all other types.

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In programming languages

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Relation with the empty type

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Bottom type

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples41
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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Bottom type

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related to In programming languages · 28
Bottom type → Before, Besides, Closure Compiler, For, In, In Ceylon, In Common Lisp, In Dart, In Haskell, In JavaScript, In Julia, In Kotlin, In PHP, In Python's, In Rust, In Scala, In TypeScript, It, Most, Never
related to Relation with the empty type · 5
Bottom type → Curry, Howard, However, In, When
has application · 3
Bottom type → If, In, It
is a · 1
Bottom type → subtype of all types

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type bottom types subtype return value bot empty used system languages never null exceptions also top natural example list functions

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Bottom typeis asubtype of all types0.90text
undefined behaviorinstance oftypically correspond to error conditions0.80text
infinite recursioninstance oftypically correspond to error conditions0.80text
or unrecoverable errors.In Bounded Quantification with Bottominstance oftypically correspond to error conditions0.80text
Pierce says thatinstance oftypically correspond to error conditions0.80text
Bottom typehas applicationIn0.60section
Bottom typehas applicationIt0.60section
Bottom typehas applicationIf0.60section
Bottom typerelated to In programming languagesMost0.60section
Bottom typerelated to In programming languagesThere0.60section
Bottom typerelated to In programming languagesIn Haskell0.60section
Bottom typerelated to In programming languagesIn Common Lisp0.60section

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