Blame for all

Amal Ahmed*, Robert Findler, Jacob Matthews, Philip Wadler

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13 Scopus citations

Abstract

We present a language that integrates statically and dynamically typed components, similar to the gradual types of Siek and Taha (2006), and extend it to incorporate parametric polymorphism. Our system permits a dynamically typed value to be cast to a polymorphic type, with the type enforced by dynamic sealing along the lines proposed by Pierce and Sumii (2000), Matthews and Ahmed (2008), and Neis, Dreyer, and Rossberg (2009), in a way that ensures all terms satisfy relational parametricity. Our system includes a notion of blame, which allows us to show that when more-typed and less-typed portions of a program interact, that any type failures are due to the less-typed portion.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings for the 1st Workshop on Script to Program Evolution, STOP'09 in Conjunction with European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, ECOOP'09
Pages1-13
Number of pages13
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event1st Workshop on Script to Program Evolution, STOP'09 in Conjunction with European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, ECOOP'09 - Genova, Italy
Duration: Jul 6 2009Jul 6 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings for the 1st Workshop on Script to Program Evolution, STOP'09 in Conjunction with European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, ECOOP'09

Other

Other1st Workshop on Script to Program Evolution, STOP'09 in Conjunction with European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, ECOOP'09
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityGenova
Period7/6/097/6/09

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Software

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