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Qualified types<br />

Type classes are an example of qualified<br />

types [Jones <strong>the</strong>sis]. Main features<br />

– types of form ∀α.Q => τ<br />

– qualifiers Q are witnessed by run-time<br />

evidence<br />

Known examples<br />

– type classes (evidence = tuple of methods)<br />

– implicit parameters (evidence = value of<br />

implicit param)<br />

– extensible records (evidence = offset of field<br />

in record)<br />

Ano<strong>the</strong>r unifying idea: Constraint Handling<br />

Rules (Stucky/Sulzmann ICFP’02)

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