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Type constructor

As explained in Functional Programming in JavaScript

An operation or definition that creates values of a parameterized type.

A type constructor creates values for a parameterized type, like the constructor behind Wrapper or Maybe. It sets up the container shape that later operations use. section 5.3

Here, it appears inside the monad interface alongside unit, bind, and join. The idea is practical: define how values get wrapped before chaining, flattening, or handling absence and failure. section 5.3

Wrapper and Maybe

Wrapper.of(a) creates a wrapped value, while Maybe.of(a) and Maybe.fromNullable(a) create either Just or Nothing. These constructors prepare values for safe map, join, and getOrElse operations.

How Functional Programming in JavaScript covers it

How deep it goes
Defines the constructor role and names its place in the monad interface, but stops short of formal type-system detail.
Examples
Uses Wrapper.of, Maybe.of, and Maybe.fromNullable as concrete constructors for wrapped, present, or absent values.
What it assumes
Assumes only the idea of wrapping values; it teaches the constructor role from zero before deeper monad behavior.
What you can do after
Build it from scratch as the entry point for values that will be mapped, joined, or safely handled later.
How it connects
Links to monad, Wrapper, Maybe, Either, join, map, and unit.

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