This is a subtle point I wanted to learn a bit more about. I want to know all reasons why I might wish to write: # assume we have `abstract type MyType end` MyType[x...] Rather than Any[x...] Assuming we have: abstract type MyType end struct MyTypeImpl1 <: MyType; end struct MyTypeImpl2 <: My…

Efficiency of abstract types vs `Any`

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