Re: [scala] Structural refinements containing methods with higher-order type parameters are unsound

Hi,

Consider the following definitions:

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
class C[T](var y : T)

object A {
 val a : AnyRef { def f[T[_]](x : T[int]) : T[Any] } = A
 def f[T[+_]](x : T[Int]) : T[Any] = x
}

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Scala 2.8.0.r18050-b20090618020144 compiler compiles this without
errors. But it seems unsound, as we can write:

scala> val c = new C(1)
c: C[Int] = C@9e7d46

scala> val c1 = A.a.f[C](c)
c1: C[Any] = C@9e7d46

scala> c1.y = ""

scala> c.y
java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to
java.lang.Integer
       at scala.runtime.BoxesRunTime.unboxToInt(Unknown Source)
       at .<init>(<console>:7)
       at .<clinit>(<console>)
       at RequestResult$.<init>(<console>:4)
       at RequestResult$.<clinit>(<console>)
       at RequestResult$result(<console>)
       at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
       at sun.reflect.Na...


Is it a bug?
I also cannot find in SLS exact rules, which determine what values can
be assigned to a variable of a structural type.

Thanks,
Vladimir