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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Research direction
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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