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what is the difference between “data” and “New type” in Haskel?

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what is the difference between “data” and “New type” in Haskel?
posted Jun 28, 2016 by Satyam

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There definitions are:
Newtype: It guarantees that your data will have exactly the same representation at runtime, like the type that you wrap
Data: It declares a brand new data structure at runtime

answer Jun 28, 2016 by Shivam Kumar Pandey
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