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Expand Up @@ -81,14 +81,13 @@ See the [Scala 2.13 Collections Guide](https://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/col

### What are context bounds (`[T : Foo]`)?

Basically is sugar syntax for an `implicit` argument of type `Foo[T]`.
It's syntactic sugar for an `implicit` parameter of type `Foo[T]`.

More deatils in this [Stack Overflow answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/4467012).
More details in this [Stack Overflow answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/4467012).

### How does `for / yield` work?

In short it is sugar syntax for nested
`map`, `flatMap` & `withFilter` calls.
It is syntactic sugar for nested `map`, `flatMap`, and `withFilter` calls.

For an in-depth explanation
see this [Stack Overflow answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/1059501).
Expand All @@ -99,8 +98,8 @@ see this [Stack Overflow answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/1059501).

### Can I chain or nest implicit conversions?

Not really, but you can [make it work](https://stackoverflow.com/a/5332804)
_(although implicit conversions are, in general, discouraged)_.
Not really, but you can [make it work](https://stackoverflow.com/a/5332804).
But note that implicit conversions are, in general, discouraged.

### Where does Scala look for implicits?

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ and the [typeclass pattern](http://tpolecat.github.io/2013/10/12/typeclass.html)

This [blog post](http://tpolecat.github.io/2015/04/29/f-bounds.html)
argues against F-bounds and in favor of typeclasses.
Which is revisited with a discussion about the trade-offs of alternatives
Another discussions of trade-offs and alternatives is
in [this Stack Overflow post](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59813323/advantages-of-f-bounded-polymorphism-over-typeclass-for-return-current-type-prob).

### What does `<:<` mean?
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