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@MISC{Luo99dependentcoercions,
author = {Zhaohui Luo and Sergei Soloviev},
title = {Dependent Coercions},
year = {1999}
}
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Abstract
A notion of dependent coercion is introduced and studied in the context of dependent type theories. It extends our earlier work on coercive subtyping into a uniform framework which increases the expressive power with new applications. A dependent coercion introduces a subtyping relation between a type and a family of types in that an object of the type is mapped into one of the types in the family. We present the formal framework, discuss its meta-theory, and consider applications such as its use in functional programming with dependent types. 1 Introduction Coercive subtyping, as studied in [Luo97, Luo99, JLS98], represents a new general approach to subtyping and inheritance in type theory. In particular, it provides a framework in which subtyping, inheritance, and abbreviation can be understood in dependent type theories where types are understood as consisting of canonical objects. In this paper, we extend the framework of coercive subtyping to introduce a notion of dependent coer...
