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| -rw-r--r-- | library/src/dotty/DottyPredef.scala | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/library/src/dotty/DottyPredef.scala b/library/src/dotty/DottyPredef.scala index 12040e0f3..e78fa9239 100644 --- a/library/src/dotty/DottyPredef.scala +++ b/library/src/dotty/DottyPredef.scala @@ -36,4 +36,24 @@ object DottyPredef { implicit def eqNumFloat : Eq[Number, Float] = Eq implicit def eqDoubleNum: Eq[Double, Number] = Eq implicit def eqNumDouble: Eq[Number, Double] = Eq + + /** A class for implicit values that can serve as implicit conversions + * The implicit resolution algorithm will act as if there existed + * the additional implicit definition: + * + * def $implicitConversion[T, U](x: T)(c: ImplicitConverter[T, U]): U = c(x) + * + * However, the presence of this definition would slow down implicit search since + * its outermost type matches any pair of types. Therefore, implicit search + * contains a special case in `Implicits#discardForView` which emulates the + * conversion in a more efficient way. + * + * Note that this is a SAM class - function literals are automatically converted + * to `ImplicitConverter` values. + * + * Also note that in bootstrapped dotty, `Predef.<:<` should inherit from + * `ImplicitConverter`. This would cut the number of special cases in + * `discardForView` from two to one. + */ + abstract class ImplicitConverter[-T, +U] extends Function1[T, U] } |