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Polymorphism and Structs in Elixir

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Polymorphism and Structs in Elixir

Another in my series of trimmings from Advanced Functional Programming with Elixir . This one explores how polymorphism relies on tags and how Elixir’s structs make that pattern safer and more robust.

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Awesome discussion. I always thought of polymorphism in the OO sense.

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