RE: Functional dependencies and improvement

2002-11-18 Thread Mark P Jones
Martin, | In my previous example I employed FD's to | improve constraints. However, there are cases where FD's seem | to be overly restrictive. Yes, of course! So it will be for any extension of the type system that retains both decidability and soundness. The particular form of "improvement"

Functional dependencies and improvement

2002-11-18 Thread Martin Sulzmann
Hi, yet again FD's! In my previous example I employed FD's to improve constraints. However, there are cases where FD's seem to be overly restrictive. Take a look at the Haskell code below. Have others made similar experiences? Martin -- FDs are sometimes overly restrictive module Insert where