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Type reconstruction with first-class polymorphic values

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J. W. O'Toole, Jr.,

D. K. GiffordAuthors Info & Claims

PLDI '89: Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 1989 conference on Programming language design and implementation

Pages 207 - 217

https://doi.org/10.1145/73141.74836

Published: 21 June 1989 Publication History

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We present the first type reconstruction system which combines the implicit typing of ML with the full power of the explicitly typed second-order polymorphic lambda calculus. The system will accept ML-style programs, explicitly typed programs, and programs that use explicit types for all first-class polymorphic values. We accomplish this flexibility by providing both generic and explicitly-quantified polymorphic types, as well as operators which convert between these two forms of polymorphism. This type reconstruction system is an integral part of the FX-89 programming language. We present a type reconstruction algorithm for the system. The type reconstruction algorithm is proven sound and complete with respect to the formal typing rules.

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Index Terms

Type reconstruction with first-class polymorphic values
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Compilers
    2. General programming languages
      1. Language features
        Data types and structures
2. Theory of computation

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Proceedings of the SIGPLAN '89 symposium on Interpreters and interpretive techniques
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