[racket] Typed Racket: can this recursive typing become polymorphic?
I'm trying to create a polymorphic type for `flatten` that reflects its usual behavior.
This monomorphic version works:
#lang typed/racket/base
(require/typed rackunit [check-equal? (Any Any . -> . Any)])
(require/typed racket/list [flatten (All (A) (Rec as (U Integer (Listof as))) -> (Listof Integer))])
(define flatten-integers (inst flatten Integer))
(check-equal? (flatten-integers 1) '(1))
(check-equal? (flatten-integers '(1)) '(1))
(check-equal? (flatten-integers '(1 (2 3) 4)) '(1 2 3 4))
(check-equal? (flatten-integers '(1 (2 3 (4 5)) 6)) '(1 2 3 4 5 6))
But when I try to substitute the polymorphic type `A` for `Integer`, it stops working:
#lang typed/racket/base
(require/typed rackunit [check-equal? (Any Any . -> . Any)])
(require/typed racket/list [flatten (All (A) (Rec as (U A (Listof as))) -> (Listof A))])
(define flatten-integers (inst flatten Integer))
(check-equal? (flatten-integers 1) '(1))
(check-equal? (flatten-integers '(1)) '(1))
(check-equal? (flatten-integers '(1 (2 3) 4)) '(1 2 3 4))
(check-equal? (flatten-integers '(1 (2 3 (4 5)) 6)) '(1 2 3 4 5 6))
> git/racket/racket/collects/racket/contract/private/blame.rkt:143:0: flatten: contract violation; none of the branches of the or/c matched
Is it possible? If so, what am I missing?