Session Types = Intersection Types + Union Types

Autor: Luca Padovani
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, Vol 45, Iss Proc. ITRS 2010, Pp 71-89 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-2180
DOI: 10.4204/EPTCS.45.6
Popis: We propose a semantically grounded theory of session types which relies on intersection and union types. We argue that intersection and union types are natural candidates for modeling branching points in session types and we show that the resulting theory overcomes some important defects of related behavioral theories. In particular, intersections and unions provide a native solution to the problem of computing joins and meets of session types. Also, the subtyping relation turns out to be a pre-congruence, while this is not always the case in related behavioral theories.
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