racket / racket/typed-racket

newly defined subtype doesn't play well as part of union

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Description

What version of Racket are you using?

v6.6.0.2

What program did you run?
#lang typed/racket/base
(define-new-subtype New-Int (integer->new-int Integer))
(define-type T (U String New-Int))
(ann (integer->new-int 42) T)
What should have happened?

The above program's last line does not type check.

If you got an error message, please include it here.
; Type Checker: type mismatch
;   expected: T
;   given: New-Int
;   in: (integer->new-int 42)

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Research direction

Start by running the provided Typed Racket program and inspecting how define-new-subtype interacts with union type checking. Done means the final ann expression type checks with T defined as (U String New-Int), without changing the demonstrated program's intended types.

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Assessment

Domain
compilers
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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