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    Chapter 18. Advanced Types > Singleton Types

    18.1. Singleton Types

    Given any value v, you can form the type v.type, which has two values: v and null. This sounds like a curious type, but it has a couple of useful applications.

    First, consider a method that returns this so you can chain method calls:


      

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