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+TaggedAlgebraic
+===============
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+Implementation of a generic algebraic data type with a tagged union storage. All operations of the contained types are available for the `TaggedAlgebraic`
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+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/s-ludwig/taggedalgebraic.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/s-ludwig/taggedalgebraic)