Tensegritics / Tensegritics/ClojureDart

Reify all literal types

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Description

All classes appearing as literals should be reified so has to allow for a true instance? function and multimethods hierarchies (#3).

Methods exposed by a reify type should allow to test if an instance is of this type and if a type is a subtype of another.

Subtyping matrix can be determined statically and only needs to cover types appearing as literals.

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Research direction

Start by locating the existing implementation of literal types, reify, instance? and multimethods. Determine how types appearing as literals can expose instance and subtype checks, then define the statically determined subtyping matrix and verify those behaviors with the relevant tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
clojure
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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