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Programming Language Theory: Difference between revisions
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* Support for ''subtyping'' | * Support for ''subtyping'' | ||
* Support for ''minimal'' and ''maximal'' types (also known as Bottom and Top) | * Support for ''minimal'' and ''maximal'' types (also known as Bottom and Top) | ||
===Conversion=== | |||
Treatment of a value of a given type as if it had another type, possibly involving modification of the underlying representation, or storage/alignment requirements thereof. When done explicitly, conversion is referred to as ''casting''; when done implicitly, it is called ''coercion''. | |||
==Objects== | ==Objects== | ||
