[Checkers] Thoughts on Type Inference: Part 2 (inference for IGJ and in general)
Michael Ernst
mernst at csail.mit.edu
Thu Sep 11 08:02:41 EDT 2008
Mahmood-
The general approach you endorse seems right to me.
These different descriptions boil down to the same thing, I think:
* find the "inverse" of each operation
* for each operation, determine what must be true about the input program
in order for that operation to typecheck
* determine the constraints that the operation places on the program
The latter is the more usual technical jargon.
> 1. Analysis to infer mutability, which is identical to Javari.
There is a core Javari algorithm. Also, there are various tweaks that add
additional type-variables (but don't change the algorithm), along with ways to
translate the inference results for those type-variables into Javari types
for program variables. How much of the Javari analysis are you referring
to here?
-Mike
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