A trick for invariant generics in Sorbet – Jake Zimmerman

07/06/2024
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There’s a neat trick for using generic methods to get around some of the limitations that invariant type members in generic classes carry.The problem I’m trying to solve:Sometimes my generic class (say, Box) needs a type_member (say, Elem) to be invariant, because the type member is used in both input and output positions. For example, maybe this is a generic, mutable container (as contrasted with an immutable, read-only container).… but I still want to allow covariant subtyping in methods that take this generic type as an argument. For example, if I write a method that takes a Box[Numeric], you should be able to call it if you have a Box[Integer]. Normally, the fact that Elem is invariant prevents this.
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