
arXiv: 1512.01895
We present modular implicits, an extension to the OCaml language for ad-hoc polymorphism inspired by Scala implicits and modular type classes. Modular implicits are based on type-directed implicit module parameters, and elaborate straightforwardly into OCaml's first-class functors. Basing the design on OCaml's modules leads to a system that naturally supports many features from other languages with systematic ad-hoc overloading, including inheritance, instance constraints, constructor classes and associated types.
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Computer Science - Programming Languages, Electronic computers. Computer science, QA1-939, D.3.3, cs.PL, QA75.5-76.95, Mathematics, Programming Languages (cs.PL)
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Computer Science - Programming Languages, Electronic computers. Computer science, QA1-939, D.3.3, cs.PL, QA75.5-76.95, Mathematics, Programming Languages (cs.PL)
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