Polymorphic Endpoint Types for Copyless Message Passing
Programming Languages
2011-08-03 v1 Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
Abstract
We present PolySing#, a calculus that models process interaction based on copyless message passing, in the style of Singularity OS. We equip the calculus with a type system that accommodates polymorphic endpoint types, which are a variant of polymorphic session types, and we show that well-typed processes are free from faults, leaks, and communication errors. The type system is essentially linear, although linearity alone may leave room for scenarios where well-typed processes leak memory. We identify a condition on endpoint types that prevents these leaks from occurring.
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@article{arxiv.1108.0466,
title = {Polymorphic Endpoint Types for Copyless Message Passing},
author = {Viviana Bono and Luca Padovani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.0466},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
In Proceedings ICE 2011, arXiv:1108.0144