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<div><h1>SelfInitializingType -- the class of all self initializing types</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div>A self initializing type <tt>X</tt> will produce an instance of X from initial data <tt>v</tt> with the expression <tt>X v</tt>.<p/>
<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : X = new SelfInitializingType of BasicList
o1 = X
o1 : SelfInitializingType</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : x = X {1,2,3}
o2 = X{1, 2, 3}
o2 : X</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : class x
o3 = X
o3 : SelfInitializingType</pre>
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<a href="___Command.html" title="the class of all commands">Command</a> is an example of a self initializing type.</div>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="___Header__Type.html" title="a class of lists with abbreviated constructors">HeaderType</a> -- a class of lists with abbreviated constructors</span></li>
<li><span><a href="___Wrapper__Type.html" title="a class of lists with abbreviated constructors">WrapperType</a> -- a class of lists with abbreviated constructors</span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Methods that use a self initializing type :</h2>
<ul><li>SelfInitializingType Thing</li>
<li><span>SelfInitializingType \\ Thing, see <span><a href="___Thing_sp_sl_sl_sp__Function.html" title="apply a function">Thing // Function</a> -- apply a function</span></span></li>
<li><span>Thing // SelfInitializingType, see <span><a href="___Thing_sp_sl_sl_sp__Function.html" title="apply a function">Thing // Function</a> -- apply a function</span></span></li>
<li><span>SelfInitializingType \ VisibleList, see <span><a href="___Visible__List_sp_sl_sp__Function.html" title="apply a function to elements of a list">VisibleList / Function</a> -- apply a function to elements of a list</span></span></li>
<li><span>VisibleList / SelfInitializingType, see <span><a href="___Visible__List_sp_sl_sp__Function.html" title="apply a function to elements of a list">VisibleList / Function</a> -- apply a function to elements of a list</span></span></li>
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<h2>Fixed objects of class SelfInitializingType :</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="___Bag.html" title="the class of all bags">Bag</a> -- the class of all bags</span></li>
<li><span><a href="___Command.html" title="the class of all commands">Command</a> -- the class of all commands</span></li>
<li><span><a href="___Eliminate.html" title="elimination order">Eliminate</a> -- elimination order</span></li>
<li><span><a href="___Lower__Bound.html" title="the class of lower bound objects">LowerBound</a> -- the class of lower bound objects</span></li>
<li><span>Hybrid, see <span><a href="../../PrimaryDecomposition/html/_primary__Decomposition_lp..._cm_sp__Strategy_sp_eq_gt_sp..._rp.html" title="">primaryDecomposition(..., Strategy => ...)</a></span></span></li>
<li><span><a href="___Product__Order.html" title="product ordering">ProductOrder</a> -- product ordering</span></li>
<li><span><a href="___Pushforward__Computation.html" title="a type of list used internally">PushforwardComputation</a> -- a type of list used internally</span></li>
<li><span><a href="___U__R__L.html" title="a type representing a URL">URL</a> -- a type representing a URL</span></li>
<li><span><a href="___Vertical__List.html" title="a type of visible self-initializing list that prints vertically">VerticalList</a> -- a type of visible self-initializing list that prints vertically</span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>For the programmer</h2>
<p>The object <a href="___Self__Initializing__Type.html" title="the class of all self initializing types">SelfInitializingType</a> is <span>a <a href="___Type.html">type</a></span>, with ancestor classes <a href="___Type.html" title="the class of all types">Type</a> < <a href="___Mutable__Hash__Table.html" title="the class of all mutable hash tables">MutableHashTable</a> < <a href="___Hash__Table.html" title="the class of all hash tables">HashTable</a> < <a href="___Thing.html" title="the class of all things">Thing</a>.</p>
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