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Module Make.Equality_witness
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This module provides support for type equalities and runtime type identifiers.
For two types a
and b
, (a, b) eq
is a witness that a = b
. This is a standard generalized algebraic datatype on top of which type-level programming techniques can be implemented.
Given a type a
, an inhabitant of a t
is a dynamic identifier for a
. Identifiers can be compared for equality. They are also equipped with a hash function.
WARNING: the hash function changes at every run. Therefore, the result of the hash function should never be stored.
Notice that dynamic identifiers are not unique: two identifiers for a
can have distinct hash and can be physically distinct. Hence, only eq
can decide if two type identifiers correspond to the same type.
A dynamic representation for 'a
.
make ()
is a dynamic representation for 'a
. A fresh identifier is returned each time make ()
is evaluated.
eq ida idb
returns a proof that a = b
if ida
and idb
identify the same type.