On Subsorting

  • Motivation
  • Different notions of subsorting
  • Summary
  • Footnotes
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    by Maura Cerioli and Peter D. Mosses


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    Abstract

    The notion of subsort in already existing frameworks is used for addressing different problems. Depending on the problem that is regarded as primary, the semantics of overloading and the rules describing term formation can change. Since in X we want to have a uniform treatment of overloading semantics and one definition of well-formed terms, we cannot satisfactory represent all cases by one construct.

    CoFI Study Notes, August 26, 1996