Meaning of polymorphic iteration | Babel Free

Definitions

The use of an iterator class or interface to enable traversal over the members of any type of collection for which there is a corresponding descendant of that iterator by code which need not know the type of the collection.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“When we write⟳ methods that take⟳ iterators as parameters, we are using polymorphic iteration.”

“The results described here provide⟳ the foundations for a series of results, including the definition of a linear version of Gödel's system Τ with a decidable typing system for polymorphic iteration.”

“Use⟳ the Iterator pattern to provide⟳ a uniform interface for traversing different aggregate structures (that is, to support⟳ polymorphic iteration).”

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