Awesome, thanks! I think my confusion was mostly that the error messages 
complained about needing to retain a linear variable instead of consuming 
it so I never tried to free them. Also why did 'xs' have to freed 
explicitly with 'free(xs)' instead of using the '~' syntax in the pattern 
match?


On Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 9:35:14 PM UTC-5, gmhwxi wrote:
>
> Here is some code that typechecks:
>
> implement add_heads(a,b) =
>   case (a,b) of
>   | (~None_vt(),g) => g
>   | (l, ~None_vt()) => l
>   | (~Some_vt(~nested(~Some_vt(~list_vt_cons(x,xs)))),
>      ~Some_vt(~nested(~Some_vt(~list_vt_cons(y,ys))))) =>
>     (free(xs); Some_vt(nested(Some_vt(list_vt_cons(x+y,ys)))))
>
> Some warnings are issued due to non-exhaustiveness of pattern matching 
> involved.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 10:27 PM, aditya siram <aditya...@gmail.com 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>>
>> #include "share/atspre_staload.hats"
>>
>> datavtype nested = nested of (Option_vt(List_vt(int)))
>>
>> extern fun add_heads(
>>   a : Option_vt(nested),
>>   b : Option_vt(nested)
>> ): Option_vt(nested)
>>
>> implement add_heads(a,b) =
>>   case (a,b) of
>>     | (~None_vt(),g) => g
>>     | (l, ~None_vt()) => l
>>     | (Some_vt(nested(Some_vt(list_vt_cons(x,_)))),
>>          Some_vt(nested(Some_vt(list_vt_cons(y,ys))))) =>
>>        Some_vt(nested(Some_vt(list_vt_cons(x+y,ys))))
>>
>> implement main0(argc,argv) = ()
>>
>>
>> The above is a minimal non-compiling example from a larger program. I 
>> even tried adding '@' to the pattern match with 'fold@' in the body but it 
>> didn't work.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> On Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 8:28:33 PM UTC-5, gmhwxi wrote:
>>>
>>> Oops. I am NOT so clear ...
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 9:27 PM, Hongwei Xi <gmh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am so clear as to what you need precisely.
>>>>
>>>> Could you show me how to do it using pattern matching repeatly?
>>>> Then I may be able to do it using a nested pattern.
>>>>
>>>> Here is an example that may be useful:
>>>>
>>>> | ~Some_vt(~Some_vt(xs as list_vt_cons _)) => // using xs here
>>>>
>>>> The two Some_vt constructors are freed but list_vt_cons is not.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 9:04 PM, aditya siram <aditya...@gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> I'm sure there's an easy answer to this but I'm not having much luck. 
>>>>> How do I destructure into a view type that nested in another viewtype? 
>>>>> For 
>>>>> example, I'd to pattern match on something of type 
>>>>> 'Option_vt(Option_vt(list_vt int))'. I'm not having much luck doing it in 
>>>>> one fell swoop like: ' | Some_vt(Some_vt(list_vt_cons(x, xs))) => ...' 
>>>>> especially when the linear proof of some inner value (like 'x') needs to 
>>>>> be 
>>>>> preserved.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
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