[mercury-users] typeclass constraints on types

[Michael Hendricks]

Imagine a Bloom filter module with this interface:

    :- type filter(T).
    :- func init = filter(T).
    :- func from_list(list(T)) = filter(T) <= hashable(T).
    :- func insert(T, filter(T)) = filter(T) <= hashable(T).
    :- pred member(T::in, filter(T)::in) is semidet <= hashable(T).

Each function and predicate declares the hashable(T) constraint.  Is there
a way to factor out that constraint so that it's declared once on the type?

I found nothing in the documentation. I tried several variants with
existential types, but had no success.  I'd love this to work:

    :- type filter(T) <= hashable(T).
    :- func init = filter(T).
    :- func from_list(list(T)) = filter(T).
    :- func insert(T, filter(T)) = filter(T).
    :- pred member(T::in, filter(T)::in) is semidet.

Is there a way to do this with existential types?

-- 
Michael
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