[racket] TR: unwrapping from <#Typed Value: ... > ??

Why can't you use contracts to do this kind of thing?

Robby

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <samth at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Ismael Figueroa Palet
> <ifigueroap at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 2011/11/25 Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <samth at ccs.neu.edu>
>>> This means that you passed the procedure to an untyped module with the
>>> type `Any'.  If you provide a more specific type, it won't be wrapped
>>> like this.
>>
>> Indeed, I was storing a value of type FunType = (Any -> (T Any)) inside a
>> continuation mark, and then retrieving it for the comparison. I was
>> retrieving the continuation marks with type (Listof Any), using
>> continuation-mark-set->list, which I think is the reason for the error I'm
>> getting.
>>
>> could the continuation mark put the function in the untyped module you
>> mention?
>
> Yes, continuation marks are going to be a problem.  Unfortunately,
> there's not really anything you can do here, because continuation
> marks are an unrestricted channel between all parts of the program.
> Any other portion of the program could add things to the continuation
> with the same mark, or retrieve your continuation mark.
>
>> However, if I change the expected type to (Listof FunType), I get a type
>> error when calling continuation-mark-set->list, which says that this
>> functions returns (Listof Any).
>>
>> How can I coerce a (Listof Any) into a (Listof FunType)?
>
> You can't.  Given a value, all you can possibly do to it is a
> first-order check.  And unfortunately, you can't tell if something is
> a particular kind of function using a first-order check.
>
> What I recommend you do here is one of the following:
>
>  - use a parameter instead of a continuation mark.  Parameters have
> more structure, and thus can be given better types.
>  - or, create an untyped module which does the continuation mark
> manipulation you want, and then import the relevant functions from it
> with the appropriate types.
>
>> Or more in general, I'm facing similars problems in my code, where I get
>> something of type Any and I need to coerce it to a more specific type but I
>> can't get it to work. I've tried using ann and assert but it doesn't seems
>> to work :-(
>
> `ann' just tells the typecheck what to expect -- it doesn't do any coercion.
>
> `assert' has two forms -- one with a predicate, and one without.  The
> second one is just for checking if a value is `#f'.  Which one were
> you using, and what didn't work about it?
> --
> sam th
> samth at ccs.neu.edu
>
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