doc-src/IsarAdvanced/Codegen/Thy/examples/class.ML

Primitive definition forms.

structure Nat = 
struct

datatype nat = Zero_nat | Suc of nat;

end; (*struct Nat*)

structure Codegen = 
struct

type 'a null = {null : 'a};
fun null (A_:'a null) = #null A_;

fun head B_ (x :: xs) = x
  | head B_ [] = null B_;

val null_option : 'a option = NONE;

fun null_optiona () = {null = null_option} : ('b option) null;

val dummy : Nat.nat option =
  head (null_optiona ()) [SOME (Nat.Suc Nat.Zero_nat), NONE];

end; (*struct Codegen*)