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A visualisation of polymorphic type checking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2000

YANG JUNG  and
GREG MICHAELSON
YANG JUNG
Affiliation:
Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton EH14 4AS, UK (e-mail: ceejy1@cee.hw.ac.uk, greg@cee.hw.ac.uk) (http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/Staff/greg.html)
GREG MICHAELSON
Affiliation:
Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton EH14 4AS, UK (e-mail: ceejy1@cee.hw.ac.uk, greg@cee.hw.ac.uk) (http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/Staff/greg.html)
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Abstract

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The understanding of polymorphic typechecking and type errors is poorly supported by contemporary functional language implementations. Here, a novel visualisation of functions and their types is presented based on the generation of function specific icons with graphical type representations which change dynamically as functions are applied. This visualisation has been implemented for a Standard ML subset within a graphical environment in which function combinations are constrained by type matching.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Functional Programming , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 57 - 75
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press
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