<i>GOO</i> Manual -- Subtyping Rules

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# Subtyping Rules

This section defines the subtyping rules for GOO in terms of subtype methods.

    (dm subtype? (t1|<union> t2|<type> => <log>)
      (all? (op subtype? _ t2) (type-elts t1)))
    (dm subtype? (t1|<type> t2|<union> => <log>)
      (any? (op subtype? t1 _)) (type-elts t2)))
    (dm subtype? (t1|<union> t2|<union> => <log>)
      (all? (op subtype? _ t2)) (type-elts t1)))
    (dm subtype? (t1|<class> t2|<class> => <log>)
      (subclass? t1 t2))
    (dm subtype? (t1|<singleton> t2|<class> => <log>)
      (isa? (type-object t1) t2))
    (dm subtype? (t1|<subclass> t2|<class> => <log>)
      (subclass? <class> t2))
    (dm subtype? (t1|<class> t2|<singleton> => <log>) #f)
    (dm subtype? (t1|<singleton> t2|<singleton> => <log>)
      (== (type-object t1) t2))
    (dm subtype? (t1|<subclass> t2|<singleton> => <log>) #f)
    (dm subtype? (t1|<class> t2|<subclass> => <log>)
      (and (== t1 <class>) (== (type-class t2) <class>)))
    (dm subtype? (t1|<subclass> t2|<subclass> => <log>)
      (subclass? (type-class t1) (type-class t2)))
    (dm subtype? (t1|<singleton> t2|<subclass> => <log>)
      (and (isa? (type-object t1) <class>)
           (subclass? (type-object t1) (type-class t2))))
    (dm subtype? (t1|<product> t2|<type> => <log>) #f)
    (dm subtype? (t1|<type> t2|<product> => <log>) #f)
    (dm subtype? (t1|<product> t2|<product> => <log>)
      (and (== (len (type-elts t1)) (len (type-elts t2)))
           (all? (zipped subtype?) (zip (type-elts t1) (type-elts t2)))))
    (dm subtype? (t1|<product> t2|<class> => <log>)
      (subtype? <tup> t2))

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