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Newtypes with phantom types #80

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JakobBruenker opened this issue Mar 31, 2023 · 0 comments
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Newtypes with phantom types #80

JakobBruenker opened this issue Mar 31, 2023 · 0 comments

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@JakobBruenker
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Hi, as far as I can tell, using newtypes together with phantom types isn't supported at the moment, i.e. essentially

case class Identifier[T](value: String)

but as a newtype instead of as a case class.

The straightforward thing to try would be

type Identifier[T] = Identifier.Type

object Identifier extends NewtypeWrapped[String]

However, this doesn't provide any type safety, since for any A and B, Identifier[A] and Identifier[B] are the same type.

I'm not sure what the right design here would be, but I think it would be useful to have - assuming I'm not missing an existing way to do it.

Cheers!

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