This is a convenience feature that allows using, e.g., 'i64.sum' to get the the monoid of (i64, infix +) instead of 'i64s.sum'.
since this i64 with no arguments is a routine and not a constructor, it does not define a type (which would cause a name clash with i64 with one argument).
This is a convenience feature that allows using, e.g., 'i64.sum' to
get the the monoid of (i64, infix +) instead of 'i64s.sum'.
since this i64 with no arguments is a routine and not a constructor, it
does not define a type (which would cause a name clash with i64 with one
argument).