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\section{Capture Constraints}
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\section{Capture Constraints}
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%TODO: General Capture Constraint explanation
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%TODO: General Capture Constraint explanation
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The equality relation on Capture constraints is not reflexive.
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Capture Constraints are bound to a variable.
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A capture constraint is never equal to another capture constraint even when structurally the same
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For example a let statement like \lstinline{let x = v in x.get()} will create the capture constraint
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($\type{T} \lessdotCC \type{S} \neq \type{T} \lessdotCC \type{S}$).
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$\tv{x} \lessdotCC_x \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}}$.
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This is necessary to solve challenge \ref{challenge:1}.
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This time we annotated the capture constraint with an $x$ to show its relation to the variable \texttt{x}.
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A capture constraint is bound to a specific let statement.
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Let's do the same with the constraints generated by the \texttt{concat} method invocation in listing \ref{lst:faultyConcat},
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For example the statement \lstinline{let x = v in x.get()}
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creating the constraints \ref{lst:sameConstraints}.
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generates a constraint like $\tv{x} \lessdotCC \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}}$.
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This means that the type variable $\tv{x}$ on the left side of the capture constraint is actually a placeholder
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\begin{figure}
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for a type that is subject to capture conversion.
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\begin{minipage}[t]{0.49\textwidth}
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It is possible that two syntactically equal capture constraints evolve
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\begin{lstlisting}[caption=Faulty Method Call,label=lst:faultyConcat]{tamedfj}
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during constraint generation or the \unify{} process.
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List<?> v = ...;
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Take the two constraints in listing \ref{lst:sameConstraints}
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which originate from the \texttt{concat} method invocation in listing \ref{lst:faultyConcat} for example.
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let x = v in
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To illustrate their connection to a let statement each capture constraint is annoted with its respective variable.
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let y = v in
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After a capture conversion step the constraints become
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concat(x, y) // Error!
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$\exptype{List}{\rwildcard{X}} \lessdot \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}},
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\end{lstlisting}\end{minipage}
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\hfill
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\begin{minipage}[t]{0.49\textwidth}
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\begin{lstlisting}[caption=Annotated constraints,mathescape=true,style=constraints,label=lst:sameConstraints]
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$\tv{x} \lessdotCC_\texttt{x} \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}}, \wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{List}{\rwildcard{X}} \lessdot \tv{x}$
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$\tv{y} \lessdotCC_\texttt{y} \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}}, \wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{List}{\rwildcard{X}} \lessdot \tv{y}$
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\end{lstlisting}
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\end{minipage}
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\end{figure}
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During the \unify{} process it could happen that two syntactically equal capture constraints evolve,
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but they are not the same because they are each linked to a different let introduced variable.
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In this example this happens when we substitute $\wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{List}{\rwildcard{X}}$ for $\tv{x}$ and $\tv{y}$
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resulting in:
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%For example by substituting $[\wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{List}{\rwildcard{X}}/\tv{x}]$ and $[\wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{List}{\rwildcard{X}}/\tv{y}]$:
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\begin{displaymath}
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\wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{List}{\rwildcard{X}} \lessdotCC_x \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}}, \wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{List}{\rwildcard{X}} \lessdotCC_y \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}}
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\end{displaymath}
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Thanks to the original annotations we can still see that those are different constraints.
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After \unify{} uses the \rulename{Capture} rule on those constraints
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it gets obvious that this constraint set is unsolvable:
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\begin{displaymath}
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\exptype{List}{\rwildcard{X}} \lessdot \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}},
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\exptype{List}{\rwildcard{Y}} \lessdot \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}}
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\exptype{List}{\rwildcard{Y}} \lessdot \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}}
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$
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\end{displaymath}
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making obvious that this constraint set is unsolvable.
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%In this paper we do not annotate capture constraint with their source let statement.
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The rest of this paper will not annotate capture constraints with variable names.
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Instead we consider every capture constraint as distinct to other capture constraints even when syntactically the same,
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because we know that each of them originates from a different let statement.
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\textit{Hint:} An implementation of this algorithm has to consider that seemingly equal capture constraints are actually not the same
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and has to allow doubles in the constraint set.
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% %We see the equality relation on Capture constraints is not reflexive.
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% A capture constraint is never equal to another capture constraint even when structurally the same
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% ($\type{T} \lessdotCC \type{S} \neq \type{T} \lessdotCC \type{S}$).
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% This is necessary to solve challenge \ref{challenge:1}.
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% A capture constraint is bound to a specific let statement.
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\textit{Note:}
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\textit{Note:}
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In the special case \lstinline{let x = v in concat(x,x)} the constraint would look like
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In the special case \lstinline{let x = v in concat(x,x)} the constraints would look like
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$\wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{List}{\rwildcard{X}} \lessdotCC_\texttt{x} \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}},
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$\wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{List}{\rwildcard{X}} \lessdotCC_\texttt{x} \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}},
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\wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{List}{\rwildcard{X}} \lessdotCC_\texttt{x} \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}}$
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\wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{List}{\rwildcard{X}} \lessdotCC_\texttt{x} \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}}$
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and we could actually delete one of them without loosing information.
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and we could actually delete one of them without loosing information.
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But this case will never occur in our algorithm, because the let statements for our input programs are generated by a ANF transformation (see \ref{sec:anfTransformation}).
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But this case will never occur in our algorithm, because the let statements for our input programs are generated by a ANF transformation (see \ref{sec:anfTransformation}).
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In this paper we do not annotate capture constraint with their source let statement.
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Instead we consider every capture constraint as distinct to other constraints even when syntactically the same,
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because we know that each capture constraint originates from a different let statement.
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\textit{Hint:} An implementation of this algorithm has to consider that seemingly equal capture constraints are actually not the same
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and has to allow doubles in the constraint set.
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\begin{figure}
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\begin{minipage}[t]{0.49\textwidth}
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\begin{lstlisting}[caption=Faulty Method Call,label=lst:faultyConcat]{tamedfj}
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List<?> v = ...;
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let x = v in
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let y = v in
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concat(x, y) // Error!
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\end{lstlisting}\end{minipage}
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\hfill
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\begin{minipage}[t]{0.49\textwidth}
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\begin{lstlisting}[caption=Annotated constraints,mathescape=true,style=constraints,label=lst:sameConstraints]
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$\wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{List}{\rwildcard{X}} \lessdotCC_\texttt{x} \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}}$
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$\wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{List}{\rwildcard{X}} \lessdotCC_\texttt{y} \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}}$
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\end{lstlisting}
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\end{minipage}
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\end{figure}
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\section{Constraint generation}\label{chapter:constraintGeneration}
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\section{Constraint generation}\label{chapter:constraintGeneration}
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% Our type inference algorithm is split into two parts.
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% Our type inference algorithm is split into two parts.
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% A constraint generation step \textbf{TYPE} and a \unify{} step.
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% A constraint generation step \textbf{TYPE} and a \unify{} step.
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\begin{figure}
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\center
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\begin{array}{lrcl}
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\begin{array}{lrcl}
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%\hline
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%\hline
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