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

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Robby Findler
<robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
> Why can't you use contracts to do this kind of thing?

First, `cms->list' has to return a `(Listof Any)' because arbitrary
code on the stack can add to the mark set.

In the other direction, what would the contract on `w-c-m' be?  The
second argument is an arbitrary value, so it's wrapped with the
contract that's generated for `Any', which needs those `Typed Value'
wrappers. Perhaps it could make use of some more type information at
this point in special cases where that's available; I'll look into
that.

> 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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