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Enforce type difference
Since there is a generalized type constraint enforcing equality in scala =:=
, is there one that enforces "not equals" for types? Basically !=
but for types?
Edit
Comment below points to an existing Q&A and the answer seems to be that (1) no, it's not in the standard library (2) yes, it's possible to define one.
So I'll modify my question because of a thought that occurred to me after I saw the answer.
Given the existing solution:
sealed class =!=[A,B]
trait LowerPriorityImplicits {
implicit def equal[A]: =!=[A, A] = sys.error("should not be called")
}
object =!= extends LowerPriorityImplicits {
implicit def nequal[A,B](implicit same: A =:= B = null): =!=[A,B] =
if (same != null) sys.error("should not be called explicitly with same type")
else new =!=[A,B]
}
case class Foo[A,B](a: A, b: B)(implicit e: A =!= B)
If A <: B
or A >: B
, will it still be the case that A =!= B
? If not, is it possible to modify the solution such that if A =!= B
then it is not the case that A <: B
or A >: B
?
shapeless defines the type operator A <:!< B
(meaning A
is not a subtype of B
) using the same implicit ambiguity trick that's used for strict type inequality,
trait <:!<[A, B]
implicit def nsub[A, B] : A <:!< B = new <:!<[A, B] {}
implicit def nsubAmbig1[A, B >: A] : A <:!< B = sys.error("Unexpected call")
implicit def nsubAmbig2[A, B >: A] : A <:!< B = sys.error("Unexpected call")
Sample REPL session,
scala> import shapeless.TypeOperators._
import shapeless.TypeOperators._
scala> implicitly[Int <:!< String]
res0: shapeless.TypeOperators.<:!<[Int,String] =
shapeless.TypeOperators$$anon$2@200fde5c
scala> implicitly[Int <:!< Int]
<console>:11: error: ambiguous implicit values:
both method nsubAmbig1 in object TypeOperators of type
[A, B >: A]=> shapeless.TypeOperators.<:!<[A,B]
and method nsubAmbig2 in object TypeOperators of type
[A, B >: A]=> shapeless.TypeOperators.<:!<[A,B]
match expected type shapeless.TypeOperators.<:!<[Int,Int]
implicitly[Int <:!< Int]
^
scala> class Foo ; class Bar extends Foo
defined class Foo
defined class Bar
scala> implicitly[Foo <:!< Bar]
res2: shapeless.TypeOperators.<:!<[Foo,Bar] =
shapeless.TypeOperators$$anon$2@871f548
scala> implicitly[Bar <:!< Foo]
<console>:13: error: ambiguous implicit values:
both method nsubAmbig1 in object TypeOperators of type
[A, B >: A]=> shapeless.TypeOperators.<:!<[A,B]
and method nsubAmbig2 in object TypeOperators of type
[A, B >: A]=> shapeless.TypeOperators.<:!<[A,B]
match expected type shapeless.TypeOperators.<:!<[Bar,Foo]
implicitly[Bar <:!< Foo]
^