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What is “completeness of subtyping”

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Description

The spec currently says

Completeness: Subtyping covers all cases of successful deserialisation.

and I wonder what that precisely means, and if we really want it.

(Previous discussion at https://github.com/dfinity/candid/pull/128#discussion_r516571055 )

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Start with the specification text quoted in issue #132 and review the previous discussion in PR #128. Determine what “completeness of subtyping” is intended to mean and whether the specification should retain that requirement. Done means reaching a clear decision and updating the specification wording accordingly.

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Documentation
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Over a week
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Needs clarification
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