Term-level type annotations for effectful operations. #1197
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This patch makes it possible to annotate effectful operations at the term-level. Type annotations are crucial when operations are polymorphic. Prior to this patch, it was only possible to annotate polymorphic operations in signatures. As a consequence it was impossible to make the following kind of program type-check. ```links handle(do Throw) { case ans -> Just(ans) case <Throw> : (forall a. () => a) -> Nothing } ``` The problem is that Links does not infer polymorphism (rightly so), so the inferred type of `Throw` will fail to check against the pattern type in the `Throw`-case. With this patch we can annotate the invocation to make the program type check. ```links handle(do (Throw : forall a. () => a)) { case ans -> Just(ans) case <Throw> : (forall a. () => a) -> Nothing } ``` Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment
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This patch makes it possible to annotate effectful operations at the term-level. Type annotations are crucial when operations are polymorphic. Prior to this patch, it was only possible to annotate polymorphic operations in signatures. As a consequence it was impossible to make the following kind of program type-check.
The problem is that Links does not infer polymorphism (rightly so), so the inferred type of
Throwwill fail to check against the pattern type in theThrow-case. With this patch we can annotate the invocation to make the program type check.