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What is "principal typing"?
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| From: | Tom <tom.primozic@g...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] What is "principal typing"? |
Thanks! On 21/12/06, Jeff Polakow <jeff.polakow@db.com> wrote: > > > > Principal types, which ML has, are useful because, for a given context, > there is a most general type for any typeable term. This is a useful > property to have for languages which attempt type inference. Could you give some concrete example of a type inference engine and a typable term, but which does not have a principal type? - Tom