Coercion as homomorphism: type inference in a system with subtyping and overloading

A. Shafarenko

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    Abstract

    A type system with atomic subtyping and a special form of
    operator overloading, which we call oset-homomorphism
    is proposed. A set of operator overloadings is said to be
    oset-homomorphic when for each pair of overloadings the
    coercion function realises a homomorphism of types and at
    the same time certain conditions on the operator type signa-
    ture are satised. We demonstrate that oset-homomorphic
    overloading has sucient power for supporting a compre-
    hensive set of array operations in a declarative language.
    The problem of inferring the least types in our type system
    is proven to be equivalent to the shortest path problem for
    weighted, directed graphs with non-negative cycle weights,
    which has a computationally ecient solution.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationIn: Procs of the 4th ACM SIGPLAN Int Conf on Principles and Practice of Declarative Programming
    Subtitle of host publicationPPDP'02
    PublisherACM Press
    Pages14-25
    ISBN (Electronic)1-58113-528-9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2002

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