[Checkers] @Raw in the nullness type qualifier hierarchy
Michael Ernst
mernst at cs.washington.edu
Mon May 25 00:57:34 EDT 2009
Mahmood-
If a reference is raw, then that affects the nullness of its fields, but
not of the reference itself. Therefore, I don't see that these belong in a
single type hierarchy. In particular, I could have a reference that is
nullable and raw, or one that is non-null and raw.
This is analogous to how I could have a nullable prototype invariant, or a
non-null prototype invariant. Whether a reference is a prototype affects
the nullness of its fields, but not of the reference itself. Thus,
prototype and nullness are separate type hierarchies. And I think rawness
and nullness should be the same.
-Mike
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