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Support for lower type bounds

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Description

Flow supports bounded polymorphism (https://flow.org/blog/2015/03/12/Bounded-Polymorphism/), a way of declaring upper type bounds.

Is there a way to express a lower type bound? I've tried using `$Supertype` which doesn't work ([flow link](https://flow.org/try/#0MYewdgzgLgBAZiEMC8MA8BBANDAQgLhgBIBlAVwAcBTAJygE9rMA+ZgCgENDsYAjQ3AEoBKZjADeAKBgwaVKGRpgYUGmSowA-DA4xCvANySAvgaA))

```jsx
const foo = >(a: A, b: B): B => {
return true ? a : b;
};
```

I need to use this to type a `getOrElse`:

```jsx
const getOrElse = >(opt: Option) => (def: B): B => {
if (opt.isEmpty() {
return def;
} else {
return opt.get();
}
};
```

Am I using `$Supertype` incorrectly, and is there a better way to express this?

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