002: Intro to Opaque Types

Opaque Types

Some patterns

• Runtime validations - conditionally return type, wrapped in Result or Maybe
• Guarantee constraints through the exposed API of the module (like PositiveInteger or AuthToken examples)

Package-Opaque Modules

Example - the Element type in elm-ui.
Definition of the Element type alias

elm-ui's elm.json file does not expose the internal module where the real Element type is defined.

Example from elm-graphql codebase - CamelCaseName opaque type