Monomorphism by annotation of type variables
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Introduce the reserved word monomo
for rendering type variables monomorphic:
primitive newIORef :: monomo a . a -> IO (IORef a)
Its use in the type signatures for such primitives would prevent the definition of polymorphic references in all contexts - the (abbreviated) canonical example of abuse:
let v = ... $ newIORef undefined in
do writeIORef v ("0" :: [Char])
n <- readIORef v
return (n + 1 :: Int)
...would cause a type error - the type of undefined
is also made monomorphic by the annotated type of newIORef
, resulting in the
type monomo a . IO (IORef a)
for v
, preventing its dual specialisation to IORef [Char]
and IORef Int
.
Definitions relying on the old behaviour would be modified to use, or replaced by new primitives.
Atravers 00:21, 7 January 2019 (UTC)