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Remove use of 'abstract type' when discussing parametric composite types
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this is a bit confusing and we don't have a great word for it,
but since Point wasn't declared with abstract here we probably
shouldn't use that term
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tkelman committed Jul 12, 2016
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Expand Up @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ However, ``Point`` itself is also a valid type object:
Point{T}

Here the ``T`` is the dummy type symbol used in the original declaration
of ``Point``. What does ``Point`` by itself mean? It is an abstract type
of ``Point``. What does ``Point`` by itself mean? It is a type
that contains all the specific instances ``Point{Float64}``,
``Point{AbstractString}``, etc.:

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