Independently Extensible Solutions to the Expression Problem

@techreport{citeulike:157586, abstract = {The expression problem is fundamental for the development of extensible software. Many (partial) solutions to this important problem have been proposed in the past. None of these approaches solves the problem of using different, independent extensions jointly. This paper proposes solutions to the expression problem that make it possible to combine independent extensions in a flexible, modular, and typesafe way. The solutions, formulated in the programming language Scala, are affected with only a small implementation overhead and are easy to implement by hand.}, address = {Lausanne, Switzerland}, author = {Zenger, Matthias and Odersky, Martin}, citeulike-article-id = {157586}, keywords = {expression-problem, final-algebras, fp, initial-algebras, oop}, posted-at = {2005-04-10 15:06:28}, priority = {2}, school = {Ecole Polytechnique F\'{e}d\'{e}rale de Lausanne}, title = {Independently Extensible Solutions to the Expression Problem}, url = {http://icwww.epfl.ch/publications/abstract.php?ID=200433}, year = {2004} }

TY - RPRT ID - citeulike:157586 L3 - citeulike-article-id:157586 N2 - The expression problem is fundamental for the development of extensible software. Many (partial) solutions to this important problem have been proposed in the past. None of these approaches solves the problem of using different, independent extensions jointly. This paper proposes solutions to the expression problem that make it possible to combine independent extensions in a flexible, modular, and typesafe way. The solutions, formulated in the programming language Scala, are affected with only a small implementation overhead and are easy to implement by hand. AD - Lausanne, Switzerland TI - Independently Extensible Solutions to the Expression Problem KW - expression-problem KW - final-algebras KW - fp KW - initial-algebras KW - oop AU - Zenger, Matthias AU - Odersky, Martin PY - 2004/// UR - http://icwww.epfl.ch/publications/abstract.php?ID=200433 ER -