Abstract
Every data type defines a set of values. In the case of a set type S, this set of values is the set of all possible sets consisting of elements from a given base type B. For example, if the base type B is the subrange
and the set type S is declared as
then the values of type S are the sets {}, {0}, {1}, {0,1}. If the base type has n distinct values, then its set type has 2 to the power of n values.{} denotes the empty set.
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Wirth, N. (1982). Set types. In: Programming in Modula-2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96717-7_19
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